Producing and communicating natural history in the long 18th century: Moravian observations concerning Greenland’s climate in unpublished sources
International audience Abstract This paper discusses weather observations of Moravian missionaries in Greenland in the long 18th century, placing them in the broader context of their missionary work at Neu-Herrnhut and other stations as well as their comments on the natural world. Some of their clim...
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ftinsu:oai:HAL:hal-03276287v1 2024-04-28T08:21:24+00:00 Producing and communicating natural history in the long 18th century: Moravian observations concerning Greenland’s climate in unpublished sources Borm, Jan Kodzik, Joanna Charbit, Sylvie Institut de recherches Arctiques Jean Malaurie (IRAM) Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Paris-Saclay University of Potsdam = Universität Potsdam Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement Gif-sur-Yvette (LSCE) Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Direction de Recherche Fondamentale (CEA) (DRF (CEA)) Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA) Modélisation du climat (CLIM) Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Direction de Recherche Fondamentale (CEA) (DRF (CEA)) 2021 https://hal.science/hal-03276287 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247421000218 en eng HAL CCSD Cambridge University Press (CUP) info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1017/S0032247421000218 hal-03276287 https://hal.science/hal-03276287 doi:10.1017/S0032247421000218 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ ISSN: 0032-2474 EISSN: 1475-3057 Polar Record https://hal.science/hal-03276287 Polar Record, 2021, 57, pp.e23. ⟨10.1017/S0032247421000218⟩ [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean Atmosphere [SDU.ENVI]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces environment info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2021 ftinsu https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247421000218 2024-04-05T00:36:33Z International audience Abstract This paper discusses weather observations of Moravian missionaries in Greenland in the long 18th century, placing them in the broader context of their missionary work at Neu-Herrnhut and other stations as well as their comments on the natural world. Some of their climate-related remarks and measurements were published and discussed in print, notably in David Cranz’ History of Greenland and a number of scholarly reviews at the time. These publications are compared to and complemented by data retrieved by the authors from unpublished source material in the Moravian Archives in Herrnhut, Germany, demonstrating that the Moravian diaries can fill in significant gaps in Greenland’s weather charts before systematic measurements were introduced in the 19th century. Their special interest for climate studies is underscored in conclusion, in particular their observations of extreme climate events that can allow us to better characterise the amplitude and geographical extent of such events and to compare them with climate model simulations in order to better understand the respective roles of external (volcanism, solar activity) and internal (atmospheric circulation) forcings and the impacts of potential feedbacks within the ocean–atmosphere system. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland Polar Record Institut national des sciences de l'Univers: HAL-INSU Polar Record 57 |
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International audience Abstract This paper discusses weather observations of Moravian missionaries in Greenland in the long 18th century, placing them in the broader context of their missionary work at Neu-Herrnhut and other stations as well as their comments on the natural world. Some of their climate-related remarks and measurements were published and discussed in print, notably in David Cranz’ History of Greenland and a number of scholarly reviews at the time. These publications are compared to and complemented by data retrieved by the authors from unpublished source material in the Moravian Archives in Herrnhut, Germany, demonstrating that the Moravian diaries can fill in significant gaps in Greenland’s weather charts before systematic measurements were introduced in the 19th century. Their special interest for climate studies is underscored in conclusion, in particular their observations of extreme climate events that can allow us to better characterise the amplitude and geographical extent of such events and to compare them with climate model simulations in order to better understand the respective roles of external (volcanism, solar activity) and internal (atmospheric circulation) forcings and the impacts of potential feedbacks within the ocean–atmosphere system. |
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Institut de recherches Arctiques Jean Malaurie (IRAM) Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Paris-Saclay University of Potsdam = Universität Potsdam Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement Gif-sur-Yvette (LSCE) Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Direction de Recherche Fondamentale (CEA) (DRF (CEA)) Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA) Modélisation du climat (CLIM) Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Direction de Recherche Fondamentale (CEA) (DRF (CEA)) |
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Producing and communicating natural history in the long 18th century: Moravian observations concerning Greenland’s climate in unpublished sources |
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Producing and communicating natural history in the long 18th century: Moravian observations concerning Greenland’s climate in unpublished sources |
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Producing and communicating natural history in the long 18th century: Moravian observations concerning Greenland’s climate in unpublished sources |
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Producing and communicating natural history in the long 18th century: Moravian observations concerning Greenland’s climate in unpublished sources |
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Producing and communicating natural history in the long 18th century: Moravian observations concerning Greenland’s climate in unpublished sources |
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