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Título: | The meteorological observations in Coimbra and the Portuguese participation in weather forecast in Europe. | Autor: | Leonardo, António Martins, Décio Fiolhais, Carlos |
Palavras-chave: | Meteorologia; Observações; Portugal; Instituto de Coimbra | Data: | 2011 | Editora: | History of the Earth Sciences Society | Citação: | LEONARDO, António J. ; MARTINS, Décio Ruivo ; FIOLHAIS, Carlos – The meteorological observations in Coimbra and the Portuguese participation in weather forecast in Europe. Earth Sciences History. New York : History of the Earth Sciences Society. ISSN 0736-623X. Vol. 30, n.º 1 (2011), p. 135-162. | Título da revista, periódico, livro ou evento: | Earth Sciences History | Volume: | 30 | Número: | 1 | Local de edição ou do evento: | New York | Resumo: | In the early nineteenth century, regular meteorological observations started at the Faculty of Natural Philosophy of the University of Coimbra (FPUC). From 1854 to 1856 these observations were published in O Instituto, a journal of an academic society of the same name, founded in Coimbra in 1852. This new area of science aroused great interest, offering itself as unexplored territory waiting for scientific investigation. In reaction to the pioneering work at the Polytechnic School of Lisbon of Guilherme Pegado, who founded the first meteorological observatory in Portugal in 1854, the FPUC established a Meteorological and Magnetic Observatory in Coimbra. The main actor was, from 1863, the physicist Jacinto António de Sousa. In the twentieth century, the increasing need for weather forecasting, especially at sea, led to the creation of the Meteorological Services of the Navy in which Carvalho Brandão played a pivotal role. It was the beginning of an international cooperation that brought Jacob Bjerknes to Portugal. He addressed a conference at Coimbra recommending the creation of a meteorological station in the Azores, to relay observational data from vessels travelling in the Atlantic. The Portuguese meteorological services were scattered in various institutions until 1946, when the National Meteorological Services (NMS) were created. Based on articles published in O Instituto and on the activities of the academy with the same name, we provide an overview of the evolution of meteorology in Portugal until the establishment of the NMS, with particular emphasis on the work of the Meteorological and Magnetic Observatory at the University of Coimbra. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10316/40757 | ISSN: | 0736-623X | DOI: | 10.17704/eshi.30.1.e7163u43525w5445 | Direitos: | openAccess |
Aparece nas coleções: | FCTUC Física - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais |
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