International Congress of History of Science, Beijing, China 23-31 July 2005

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SYMPOSIUM SC15, Meteorology

Diversity in the Global Reconstruction and Representation of Weather and Climate:
East, South, West, North

This symposium investigates the interaction of the history of meteorology, broadly defined, with attempts to reconstruct past weather and climate events around the world, emphasizing contemporary social representations and assessments of social vulnerability. Paper presenters are from many areas of the world, including developing regions, with a special emphasis on maximizing the diversity of perspectives.

Morning and Afternoon of Mon., July 25 and Afternoon of Tues., July 26

Papers will be presented, three per two-hour session, in numerical order.

Organizers

James R. Fleming (USA), Rudolph Brázdil (Czech Republic), Cornelia Lüdecke (Germany), Youngsin Chun (Republic of Korea)

Papers

1. Aryan F.V. van Engelen (The Netherlands) Aryan.van.Engelen@knmi.nl
How weather and climate could be deduced from historical sources and how weather and climate could influence the course of history: A reconstruction for the Low Countries from AD 800 onwards

2. Christian Rohr (Austria) christian.rohr@sbg.ac.at
The Danube floods and their human response and perception (15th to 17th c.)

3. Cornelia Lüdecke (Germany) C.Luedecke@lrz.uni-muenchen.de
East meets west: Meteorological interest of the Moravians in Greenland and Labrador since the 18th Century

4. Zhang De-er (China) derzhang@cma.gov.cn
Variation of Dry-Wet Climate and Severe Drought Events as Revealed in the Climate Records of China over the Past 1000 Years.

5. Youngsin Chun (Republic of Korea) yschun@metri.re.kr
Recovering the Historical Meaning of Asian Dust Events (in Korea)

6. Adriaan M.J. de Kraker (The Netherlands) krakeram@zeelandnet.nl
Reconstruction of storm frequency in the North Sea area of the pre-industrial period, 1400 to 1700 and the connection with reconstructed time series of temperatures

7. Dennis Wheeler (UK) denniswheeler@beeb.net
The Climate of the Late Maunder Minimum over the North-East Atlantic: New views from old documents

8. Louis K. McNally (Bermuda) loumcnally@mac.com
Reconstruction of Late 18th Century Upper-air Circulation Using Forensic Synoptic Analysis

9. Jian Liu (China), Hans von Storch (Germany), Eduardo Zorita (Germany), Xing Chen (China), Sumin Wang (China) jianliu@niglas.ac.cn
Simulated and Reconstructed Temperature in China since 1550 AD

10. Xing Chen (China), Hans von Storch (Germany), Jian Liu (China), Eduardo Zorita (Germany), Jingyun Zheng (China) xchen@niglas.ac.cn
Simulated and reconstructed temperature anomalies of eastern China for the last millennium

11. Ioannis Telelis (Greece) itelelis@academyofathens.gr
Historical-climatological information from the time of Byzantine Empire (4th-15th centuries A.D.)

12. Don Garden (Australia) donaldsg@unimelb.edu.au
Droughts and Flooding Rains: Understanding El Niño and La Niña in Australia

13. Nikola Koepke and Joerg Baten (Germany) joerg.baten@uni-tuebingen.de
Climate and its Impact on the Biological Standard of Living in North, East, West and South Europe during the last 2000 Years