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This paper marks the centenary of the death of Jesuit meteorologist Père Marc Dechevrens on 6 December 2023. He had a remarkable though largely forgotten career, its highlights worthy of record. He founded Maison St Louis Observatory in Jersey and became its first Director in 1894. Prior to that, he had been an observatory Director in China, where he built up a good reputation for the Jesuits and...
A rare severe freezing rain event affected Jersey, Channel Islands in early February 1841, during a rather cold and snowy winter. A brief explanation is given of the atmospheric conditions and synoptic weather pattern which produce freezing rain. Contemporary diaries, local newspaper reports and other historical information were used to construct a detailed chronology of this extreme weather event...
Historical reanalyses that span more than a century are needed for a wide range of studies, from understanding large‐scale climate trends to diagnosing the impacts of individual historical extreme weather events. The Twentieth Century Reanalysis (20CR) Project is an effort to fill this need. It is supported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Cooperative Institute for...
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