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Help us transcribe climate observations to create a digitised 100 year climate record for Eskdalemuir Observatory in South West Scotland, UK
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We've more data to be digitised but we need to look at getting the format correct.
Hope we'll be able to publish some intial results soon.
About Weather 100 - Eskdalemuir
Can you help us ?
Scanning of meteorological paper records is a continuous and often critical process as more and more paper records are at risk of loss or decay. Once scanned they must then be digitised in order to optimise the availability of the data. This a mammoth task for any organisation hence the inception of this Zooniverse project.
It is hoped that a 40 year gap in the existing datasets held electronically for Eskdalemuir may be filled with the assistance of the Zooniverse community, increasing the volume of electronic data and improving both temporal and spatial resolution availability for use in UK and global research in a faster timescale than would be possible otherwise.
Initially we are looking to transcribe air pressure , maximum and minimum temperatures from the Daily Journals kept by the Eskdalemuir Observatory from 1910-1923.
The completed data can then be assimilated to climate models, greatly assisting with cutting edge climate predictions. Historic meteorological data is also required to put severe weather events into context and with potentially in excess of 100 years of digitised data from Eskdalemuir, trends and patterns will be identifiable to feed into a variety of planning purposes aligning with the Met Office purpose to help people stay safe and thrive.
