History of weather observations. Vicksburg, Mississippi 1849-1955

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• Alternative Title:
  Vicksburg, Mississippi 1849-1955
• Personal Author:
  Grice, Gary K.
• Corporate Authors:
  Climate Database Modernization Program (U.S.)
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NESDIS (National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service)
• Description:
  "The goal of this study is to document the primary weather observational path at Vicksburg, MS leading to the Weather Bureau observing program in the first half of the 20th Century. Descriptions of Vicksburg weather observations since around 1950 are available through easily obtainable climatic records, with the challenge being to identify and define the roots of the path that began in the 1800s and continued through times of significant transition in the early 1900s. Extrinsic observations, i.e., those by Smithsonian and Voluntary (or Cooperative) observers, are considered in relation to the beginning of the central observational stream eventually established by the Army surgeons, Signal Service, and subsequently, the Weather Bureau. This does not minimize the importance of these collateral observations, but rather focuses on the original events that led to the routine, formal weather observing program of modern times"--Introduction.
• Keywords:
  Climate History Meteorological Instruments Meteorological Services Meteorological Stations Meteorologists Meteorology Weather Forecasting Meteorological Instruments Meteorological Services Meteorological Stations Weather Forecasting

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• Document Type:
  Miscellaneous
• Place as Subject:
  Mississippi ; Vicksburg ; Vicksburg (Miss.)
• Name as Subject:
  United States. Weather Bureau ; United States. Weather Bureau
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:dc70a1f0f68787122b7b1f0532858a029967e3c0d53beda6a27edb1231eaab02
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/1231/noaa_1231_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.54 MB ]