Uncertain skies: Forecasting typhoons in Hong Kong ca. 1874-1906
This paper explores the conceptualisation of «uncertainty» in late nineteenth- century meteorological thought. By investigating the story of meteorological forecasting in nineteenth and early twentieth century Hong Kong, it considers the changing ways in which forecasting was judged historically. In...
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Main Author: | WILLIAMSON, Fiona |
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Format: | text |
Language: | English |
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Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
2017
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Online Access: | https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2570 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/3827/viewcontent/Fiona_Williamson_forecasting_paper_av.pdf |
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