Extreme Weather, Climate and Natural Disasters in Ireland

PUBLISHED Climate change, history, impacts and adaptation in Ireland. Johnstown Castle, Wexford The aim of this project was to collate historical, proxy and observational (recent) records, and analyse the information within this variety of sources for incidences of extreme weather events and natural...

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Main Author: Ludlow, Francis
Other Authors: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: Environmental Protection Agency 2010
Subjects:
Climate change
Climate history
Climate change impacts
Irish climate
Digital Humanities
Making Ireland
Manuscript
Book and Print Cultures
Smart & Sustainable Planet
CLIMATE-CHANGE
Climate Change Impacts on the Environment
Coastal Meteorology
Irish History
Meteorology
Natural Hazards
extreme weather
ice core
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2262/81839
http://people.tcd.ie/fludlow
https://www.epa.ie/pubs/reports/research/climate/CCRP_5_Kiely_ExtremeWeather_syn_web.pdf.pdf
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Summary:PUBLISHED Climate change, history, impacts and adaptation in Ireland. Johnstown Castle, Wexford The aim of this project was to collate historical, proxy and observational (recent) records, and analyse the information within this variety of sources for incidences of extreme weather events and natural disasters, which may give insight into the variability of climate in Ireland, and its impact on human society. The study focused on extreme weather conditions: historical analysis from the fifth through to the seventeenth century ad was derived from the Gaelic Annals of Ireland and also from local and regional proxy data (e.g. tree rings and ice-core data). Observational data from the nineteenth century onwards was analysed to identify extremes in rainfall, winds, storms, floods and droughts.

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