The Atmospheric Circulation Reconstructions over the Earth (ACRE) initiative ACRE China workshop: Recovery, digitization, and analysis of pre-mid-twentieth century climate observational data in East Asia workshop on 23-24 August, Beijing, China

• Main Authors: WILLIAMSON, Fiona, REN, Guoyu, ALLAN, Rob
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2016
• Subjects: History; Data Recovery; Weather Observations; China; Reanalyses; Historic Data Recovery; Climate; Reanalyses datasets; Science and Technology Studies
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2646; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3903&context=soss_research
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This commentary discusses a recent workshop designed to explore the extant historic instrumental record of weather observations for China, East Asia, and the China Seas region; to uncover new sources of observations; and to work on joint initiatives for their recovery and inclusion in open access data sets. The workshop was funded by the UK Newton Fund's Climate Science for Service Partnership China. It was organized by the Atmospheric Circulation Reconstructions over the Earth China, the China Meteorological Administration (CMA), the Beijing Climate Centre, and the China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) and held at CMA offices in Beijing.