Bellegarde, Pedro Alcântara (1844): Daily temperature and pressure measurements in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from January- August 1844, digitized version [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.872419, In supplement to: Domínguez-Castro, Fernando; Vaquero, José Manuel; Gallego, María Cruz; Farrona, Ana María Marín; Antuña-Marrero, Juan Carlos; Cevallos, Elizabeth; García-Herrera, Ricardo; de la Guía, Cristina; Mejía, Raúl David; Naranjo, José; Prieto, Maria del Rosario; Ramos Guadalupe, Luis Enrique; Seiner, Lizardo; Trigo, Ricardo M; Villacís, Marcos (2017): Early meteorological records from Latin-America and the Caribbean during the 18th and 19th centuries. Scientific Data, 4, 170169, https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.169
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Coverage:
Latitude: -22.900000 * Longitude: -43.180000
Date/Time Start: 1844-01-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1844-08-31T00:00:00
Minimum Elevation: 27.0 m * Maximum Elevation: 27.0 m
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Comment:
Data source: Minerva Brasiliense; the observer explained that he used to take max temperature at 2 p.m., min temperature in the dawn, max pressure at 10 a.m. and min pressure at 4 p.m. He used a max/ min thermometer and a barometer compared with a French one that was verified in the Paris observatory
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The data of this dataset might have been revised during the review process. This might therefore be an old version. To be sure, please check the respective dataset at doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.871480
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Bellegarde, Pedro Alcântara | Geocode | ||
| 2 | Latitude of event | Latitude | ||||
| 3 | Longitude of event | Longitude | ||||
| 4 | Temperature, air | T air other | arbitrary units | Bellegarde, Pedro Alcântara | maximum, in Fahrenheit | |
| 5 | Temperature, air, daily maximum | TxTxTx day max | °C | Bellegarde, Pedro Alcântara | recalculated from Fahrenheit by applying: (T(F)-32)/1.8 | |
| 6 | Temperature, air | T air other | arbitrary units | Bellegarde, Pedro Alcântara | minimum, in Fahrenheit | |
| 7 | Temperature, air, daily minimum | TnTnTn day min | °C | Bellegarde, Pedro Alcântara | recalculated from Fahrenheit by applying: (T(F)-32)/1.8 | |
| 8 | Pressure, atmospheric | PPPP other | arbitrary units | Bellegarde, Pedro Alcântara | maximum, in French inches | |
| 9 | Pressure, atmospheric | PPPP other | arbitrary units | Bellegarde, Pedro Alcântara | maximum, in lines | |
| 10 | Pressure, atmospheric | PPPP other | arbitrary units | Bellegarde, Pedro Alcântara | minimum, in French inches | |
| 11 | Pressure, atmospheric | PPPP other | arbitrary units | Bellegarde, Pedro Alcântara | minimum, in lines | |
| 12 | Description | Description | Bellegarde, Pedro Alcântara | state of the sky (in portuguese) |
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