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The Beccari series of precipitation in Bologna, Italy, from 1723 to 1765

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  • Dario Camuffo

    (Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (ISAC))

  • Francesca Becherini

    (Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (ISAC))

  • Antonio Valle

    (Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (ISAC)
    Secondary School Romano Bruni)

Abstract

The precipitation record taken by J.B. Beccari in Bologna from 1723 to 1765, with three observations a day, has been recovered from the original Logs and analysed. Although metadata are scarce or even missing, a thorough investigation of the contemporary sources, the interactions between Beccari, his colleagues in Padua, and the Royal Society London, as well as the record analysis, have allowed reconstruction of most of the information concerning the instrument, its location and exposure, the measuring protocol and units. Daily, monthly and yearly amounts and frequencies, as well as extreme events, have been analysed. The first decade (i.e. 1723–1733) was drier than the 1961–1990 reference period and the subsequent decades wetter. During the calendar year, summer was dryer and October was characterized by a stronger activity of Atlantic perturbations.

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  • Dario Camuffo & Francesca Becherini & Antonio Valle, 2019. "The Beccari series of precipitation in Bologna, Italy, from 1723 to 1765," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 155(3), pages 359-376, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:climat:v:155:y:2019:i:3:d:10.1007_s10584-019-02482-x
    DOI: 10.1007/s10584-019-02482-x
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    1. Dario Camuffo & Antonio della Valle & Chiara Bertolin & Elena Santorelli, 2017. "Temperature observations in Bologna, Italy, from 1715 to 1815: a comparison with other contemporary series and an overview of three centuries of changing climate," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 142(1), pages 7-22, May.
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    1. Dario Camuffo & Antonio della Valle & Francesca Becherini & Valeria Zanini, 2020. "Three centuries of daily precipitation in Padua, Italy, 1713–2018: history, relocations, gaps, homogeneity and raw data," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 162(2), pages 923-942, September.
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