### readme ### CHIMES paper supplement ### Inventory of Swiss early instrumental meteorological records ### 06.06.2019 ########################################################################################################## ### general information ########################################################################################################## this readme contains additional information to the inventory of Swiss early instrumental meteorological records that was compiled in the context of the project "Swiss Early Instrumental Measurements for Studying Decadal Climate Variability CHIMES" (Swiss National Science Foundation, project No. 169676). It explains the columns of the inventory CSV-file in detail and gives further information on abbreviations etc. ########################################################################################################## ### description of columns ########################################################################################################## ZENODO_id: ID of files on ZENODO; if not on ZENODO: empty station name: name of measurement location (current names and indication of municipality) in alphabetical order canton abb.: abbreviation of canton name (Swiss administrative subdivisions) in which series is located (today's borders). location details: detailed indication of measurement location according to manuscripts/metadata. old station names: old spellings of measurement location according to manuscripts/metadata coord_CH1903_X: CH1903 / LV03 coordinates (longitude) (Swiss coordinate system) coord_CH1903_Y: CH1903 / LV03 coordinates (latitude) (Swiss coordinate system) coord_CH1903_source: source of information of CH1903/LV03 coordinates MeteoSwiss: positions of nearest national meteorological station Swisstopo: location according to Swiss Federal Office of Topography map.geo.admin.ch lat_degN: WGS84 coordinates (latitude in degrees North) lon_degE: WGS84 coordinates (longitude in degrees East) alt_masl: elevation of location in meters above sea level alt_others: other altitude indications according to manuscripts/metadata alt_estimated: is altitude (m a.s.l.) estimated or taken from metadata (T/F)? Altitudes from metadata may differ from true altitudes. coords_estimated: are coordinates (WGS84) estimated or taken from metadata (T/F)? Coordinates from metadata may differ from true coordinates. observer (life data): name(s) of observer(s) with life data. If NA: no observer found. Sometimes responsible institution is mentioned instead of observer (if name unknown) start year: start year of measurements (according to information from old inventories, archives or previous research) start month: start month of measurements (according to information from old inventories, archives or previous research) end year: end year of measurements (according to information from old inventories, archives or previous research) end month: end month of measurements (according to information from old inventories, archives or previous research) variables: measured variables: p = pressure, T = temperature, c = clouds, wdir = wind direction, w = wind strength, Pr = precipitation, rh/h = (relative) humidity, o = ozone, Wn = weather notes, ground temp = ground temperature resolution: resolution of measurements, usually indicated per day start year found: start year of found subdaily data start month found: start month of found subdaily data end year found: end year of found subdaily data end month found: end month of found subdaily data comments (...): comments from old inventories Wolf (1864) or Billwiller (1927) or archive units of description; affiliation with networks source of information: old inventory mentioning existence of this series; apart from Billwiller (1927) and Wolf (1864) also archive/library/periodical names and indications in previous research (see comments below). found?: are subdaily data (manuscripts, copies, print) found? T = true, P = partly, F = false. If only daily/monthly/yearly means are found: FALSE years not found/copied: years(month) that haven’t been found or copied source: manuscripts: source of the manuscripts: archive name and signatures (with further information/links) source: printed: source of printed data: name of print source (with further information/links) copied?: are found subdaily data (manuscripts, copies, print) copied as photographs/PDF’s? If all available sources are copied = T (true, even if not entire series is found) otherwise P = partly, F = false. E = example pictures were taken. digitized?: are subdaily data digitized? If all copied data are digitized: T = true, otherwise P = partly (with indication of years), F = false or "at digitisation". ZENODO files: what is on ZENODO? F = false; not on ZENODO all = all copied subdaily data from manuscripts partly = parts of the copied data (with indication of years) daily = daily mean values monthly = monthly mean values [note that the full data does not include parts of the measurement series that exist only as printed data] comments: comments on measurement series, research, metadata and further information. biographical notes: biographical notes on observer(s): profession, political function comments on observer: comments on observer: possible observers, relatives, further information information on observer:information on observers from different sources HLS-link: link to observer in the swiss historical lexicon printed version for Brügger network: for Brügger network (canton of Grisons): information on printed data (as subdaily, daily or monthly means) in "Jahresbericht der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Graubünden" ########################################################################################################## ### further information ########################################################################################################## #--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ### source of information: #--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## publications -- Billwiller: Billwiller, R.: Klimatologie: Mit einem Anhang: Erdmagnetismus von Dir. Dr. J. Maurer, Zürich (Bibliographie der schweizerischen Landeskunde, IV4), K. J. Wyss Erben, Bern, 1927. -- Bürgi 2004: Bürgi, M.: Hinlänglich gebildet und republikanisch gesinnt. Meteorologie im bürgerlichen Verein, in: Lokale Naturen: 150 Jahre Thurgauische Naturforschende Gesellschaft, 1854-2004, edited by: Bürgi, M., and Speich, D., Wolfau Verlag, Weinfelden, 37-62, 2004. -- Davall 1860: Davall, A.: Climat de Vevey. Tableaux météorologiques, Imprimerie Ch.-F. Recordon, Vevey, 1860 (https://books.google.ch/books?id=f7tDAAAAcAAJ). -- Ferri 1860: Ferri, G.: Riassunti delle osservazioni meteorologiche fatte all'ospizio del Gottardo ed al Liceo cantonale in Lugano, Tipolitografia Cantonale, Locarno, 1860. -- Pfister/Pfister 1975: Pfister, C.: Agrarkonjunktur und Witterungsverlauf im westlichen Schweizer Mittelland, 1755-1797, Lang Druck AG, Liebefeld, Bern, 1975. -- Wolf: MZA (Meteorologische Centralanstalt): Schweizerische meteorologische Beobachtungen, Vol. 1, Schweizerische Meteorologische Centralanstalt, Zürich, 1864. ## periodicals -- Archiv für Schweizerische Statistik: Swiss journal 1860-1861 -- Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Neuchatel: Bulletin de la Société Neuchâteloise des Sciences Naturelles (journal of the natural sciences society in Neuchatel) -- Ephemerides Soc. Met. Palatinae: Ephemerides Societatis Meteorologicae Palatinae (journal of the Palatine network) -- Feuille du Canton de Vaud: Swiss (official) periodical -- Miscellanea Physico-Medico-Mathematica: journal -- Natf. Ges. GR: journal (Jahresbericht) of the natural sciences society of Grisons -- Naturwissenschaftlicher Anzeiger der Allgemeinen Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften: journal of the Swiss natural sciences society. -- Oltner Tagblatt: Swiss newspaper ## libraries/archives: -- ACV: cantonal archive Vaud (Archives Cantonales Vaudoises) -- BAR: Swiss Federal Archives (Schweizerisches Bundesarchiv) -- BPU Neuchatel: university library of Neuchatel (Bibliothèque Publique et Universitaire de Neuchâtel) -- Burgerbiblithek: Burgerbibliothek Bern -- StAGR: cantonal archive Grisons (Staatsarchiv Graubünden) -- StAZH: cantonal archive Zurich (Staatsarchiv Zürich) -- Stadtarchiv SH: city archive Schaffhausen -- UB Basel: University library of Basel ## others -- DigiHom: gathered within research project DigiHom: Füllemann, C., Begert, M., Croci-Maspoli, M., and Brönnimann, S.: Digitalisieren und Homogenisieren von historischen Klimadaten des Swiss NBCN – Resultate aus DigiHom, Arbeitsb. MeteoSchweiz, 236, 48 pp., 2011. -- Stationlist Brügger: list of stations with metadata by Christian Gregor Brügger. Staatsarchiv Graubünden, B 565/9. #--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ### source: manuscripts (archive abbreviations) #--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACV: cantonal archive Vaud (Archives Cantonales Vaudoises) AGSB: monastery archive of Great St-Bernard (Archives de la Congrégation des chanoines du Grand-Saint-Bernard) BAR: Swiss Federal Archives (Schweizerisches Bundesarchiv) BCU Fribourg: university library of Fribourg (Bibliothèque Cantonale et Universitaire de Fribourg) BCU Lausanne: university library of Lausanne (Bibliothèque Cantonale et Universitaire de Lausanne) BPU Neuchatel: university library of Neuchatel (Bibliothèque Publique et Universitaire de Neuchâtel) KA Einsiedeln: Archive of the Monastery of Einsiedeln (Klosterarchiv Einsiedeln) KAO: cultural archive of the upper Engadine (Kulturarchiv Oberengadin) KBAG: cantonal library Aargau (Kantonsbibliothek Aargau) StAAG: cantonal archive Aargau (Staatsarchiv Aargau) StAGR: cantonal archive Grisons (Staatsarchiv Graubünden) StAZH: cantonal archive Zurich (Staatsarchiv Zürich) Stadtarchiv SH: city archive Schaffhausen UB Basel: University library of Basel UB Bern: University library of Bern Vadiana: cantonal library (Vadiana) of St. Gallen (Kantonsbibliothek St. Gallen Vadiana) ZB Zürich: Zentralbibliothek Zurich created by: University of Bern Institute of Geography Hallerstrasse 12 CH-3012 Berne