Reconstruction of the climate of the last millenium in the czech lands

Name of the project: GA205/98/1542 Reconstruction of the climate of the last millenium in the czech lands

Provider: Czech Science Foundation

Duration: 1998-2000

Applicant: Prof. RNDr. Rudolf Brázdil, DrSc. (Masaryk University, Faculty of Science, Institute of Geography)

Joint applicants: Ing. Josef Kyncl (Botanický ústav AV ČR), PhDr. Oldřich Kotyza (Regional Museum of Litoměřice)

Characteristics of the project:

On the basis sof the analysis sof the historical material of tree-rings from selected parts of the Czech Lands to carry out the reconstruction of air temperature and precipitation of the last millennium. To collect and analyze climatic data from written narrative and economic sources and further proxy data. For the period of instrumental observations compile long homogeneous series of air temperature and precipitation and extreme meteorological phenomena. To confront different sources of climatic data a nd to compile a synthesis of climate fluctuation in the Czech Lands for the last thousand years oriented on air temperature, precipitation and extreme meteorological phemonena.