Hisklid: Historische Klimadatenbank

This research group has dealt with the historical climatology of Central Europe since the early 1980s. The term “historical” is defined as the period before the official and standardized measurements, using special instruments, set in – as far as people’s notes are available. The database HISKLID contains all refined and elaborate source texts that were found. Most importantly the database includes descriptive notes of the weather, allusions to extreme weather situations, weather diaries, but also so-called proxy data like harvest dates, icing of rivers and estuaries (or even larger parts of the sea), water levels (usually found on house walls) or dendrochronological evidence. These proxy data are complemented by earlier measurement data using measurement instruments. Data sets, which are highly informative, go back to the year 1000 AD. In many cases the sources even contain information about the effects, repercussions and aftermaths of climatic extremes. Since 2014 hisklid is integrated in the tambora project (www.tambora.org).

Additional information: http://www.tambora.org
contact person: Glaser R
Phone: +49-(0)761-203-3526
Email: ruediger.glaser@geographie.uni-freiburg.de

Start of project: 1997
End of project: 2014

Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg
Glaser R
Physische Geographie

SCHREIBERSTRASSE 20
79098 Freiburg i. Br.
Germany

Phone: ++49(0)761 203-3526
Fax: ++49(0)761 203-3596
http://www.geographie.uni-freiburg.de/
Actual Research Report

• Braun K

• Paläoklimaprogramm (BMFT), BMBF
• Universitätsbund der Universität Würzburg
• BayFORKLIM (Bayrisches Forschungsklimaprogramm), Land
• Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG

• Glaser R, Riemann D: A thousand-year record of temperature variations for Germany and Central Europe based on documentary data J Quaternary Sci, 2009; 24 (5): 437-449.