Publications

Journal papers

Brandsma, T. en J.P. van der Meulen, 2008.  Thermometer Screen Intercomparison in De Bilt (the Netherlands), Part II: Description and modeling of mean temperature differences and extremes. Int. J. Climatology.

Meulen, J.P. van der en T. Brandsma, 2008. Thermometer Screen Intercomparison in De Bilt (the Netherlands), Part I: Understanding temperature differences for particular days.
Int. J. Climatology.

Garcia-Herrera, R., G.P. Können, D.A. Wheeler, M.R. Prieto, P.D. Jones en F.B. Koek, 2005. More than 280,000 meteorological observations are available from ship logbooks for the pre-industrial period. EOS (submitted).

Ansell et al., T. en T. Brandsma (KNMI-contributer). 2006. Daily mean sea level pressure reconstructions for the European - North Atlantic region for the period 1850-2003.  J. Climate (in press).

Brandsma T. and G.P. Können, 2006. Application of nearest-neighbor resampling techniques for homogenizing temperature records on a daily to sub-daily level. Int. Journal of Climatology 26: 75-89.

Garcia-Herrera, R., G.P. Können, D. Wheeler, M.R. Prieto, P.D. Jones en F.B. Koek, 2005. A climatological database for the world's oceans 1750-1854. Climatic Change 73: 1-12.

Garcia-Herrera, R., C. Wilkinson, F.B. Koek, M.R. Prieto, N. Calvo en E. Hernández, 2005. Description and general background to ships' logbooks as a source of climatic data
Climatic Change 73: 13-36.

Koek, F.B. en G.P. Können, 2005. Determination of terms for wind force/present weather. The Dutch case. Climatic Change 73: 79-95.

Können, G.P. en F.B. Koek, 2005. Description of the CLIWOC database. Climatic Change 73: 117-130.

Können, G.P. and T. Brandsma, 2005. Instrumental pressure observations from the close of the 17th century: Leiden (The Netherlands). Int. Journal of Climatology 25, 1139-1145.

Brandsma, T., G.P. Können, H.R.A. Wessels, 2003: Emperical estimation of the effect of urban heat advection on the temperature series of De Bilt (The Netherlands. International Journal of Climatology 23, 829-845.

Wallbrink, H., F. Koek, G.P. Können, and T. Brandsma: 2003: Sea level pressure observations from Dutch ships 1854-1938 incorporated in COADS Release 1c climatology. International Journal of Climatology 23, 471-475.
 
 

HISKLIM-reports.

• HISKLIM 13. Historical wind speed equivalents of the Beaufort scale, 1850-1950. / H. Wallbrink and F.B. Koek. (Memorandum) 29 pp., 2009.
• HISKLIM 12. Historical maritime wind scales until 1947. / H. Wallbrink and F.B. Koek. (translation and update of Hisklim 3; Memorandum) 20 pp., 2009.
• HISKLIM 11. he US Maury collection metadata 1796-1861. H. Wallbrink, F.B. Koek and T. Brandsma (also KNMI-publication 225) 59 pp., 2009.
• HISKLIM 10. Report on meteorological observations at Willemstad, Curaçao, during the period 1910-1946. P.V.J. Girigori (Memorandum) 21 pp., 2009.
• HISKLIM 9. DIGISTAD, Disclosure of the hourly meteorological observations of the Amsterdam City Water Office 1784-1963, Final report. H. Wallbrink and T. Brandsma. (also KNMI-publication 220) 26 pp., 2008.
• HISKLIM 8. Hisklim COADS, Final report. H. Wallbrink and F.B. Koek. (also KNMI-publication 210) 22 pp., 2005.
• HISKLIM 7. Parallel air temperature measurements a the KNMI terrain in De Bilt (the Netherlands) May 2003 - April 2005, Interim report, T. Brandsma (tevens KNMI-publicatie 207) 29 pp., 2004.
• HISKLIM 6. DIGISTAD (DIGitaliseren STADswaterkantoor), H.W. Riepma, (als Memorandum) 26 pp., 2004.
• HISKLIM 5. CLIWOC multilingual meteorological dictionary, An English-Dutch-French dictionary of wind force terms used by mariners from 1750 to 1850, CLIWOC (tevens KNMI-publicatie 205) 49 pp., 2003.
• HISKLIM 4. Onbekende weersymbolen in oude Extract-Journalen (1826 – 1865), Wallbrink, H. en F. Koek (als Memorandum) 15 pp., 2001.
• HISKLIM 3. Historische maritieme windschalen tot 1947, Wallbrink, H. en F. Koek (als Memorandum) 20 pp., 2001.
• HISKLIM 2. Gang van zaken 1940–48 rond de 20.000 zoekgeraakte scheepsjournalen, H. Wallbrink en F. Koek (tevens KNMI–publicatie 192), 2000.
• HISKLIM 1. Het KNMI-programma HISKLIM (HIStorisch KLIMaat), T. Brandsma, F. Koek, H. Wallbrink en G.P. Können (tevens KNMI–publicatie 191), 2000.

HISKLIM newsletter (Dutch only)

• Nieuwsbrief Hisklim januari 2010.
• Nieuwsbrief Hisklim november 2008.
• Nieuwsbrief Hisklim april 2008.

Nieuwsbrief Hisklim augustus 2007.

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