IANIGLA   20881
INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGIA, GLACIOLOGIA Y CIENCIAS AMBIENTALES
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Documentary and early instrumental data from Souh America,: Potential for climate reconstruction
Autor/es:
PRIETO, MARÍA DEL ROSARIO; RICARDO GARCÍA-HERRERA
Revista:
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
Editorial:
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
Referencias:
Lugar: Boston; Año: 2009 vol. 281 p. 196 - 209
ISSN:
0031-0182
Resumen:
This overview demonstrates the potential of historical documents from Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia,
Chile and Argentina, in developing continuous and precise reconstructions of past climatic
variations in South America, during past centuries. We provide an extensive list of the major
historical sources of paleoclimatic information, including regional archives, magazine and
newspaper libraries in South America and Spain. We also discuss the type of information
required to develop homogeneous climatic series, and the differences in the quality of records
between the historical, colonial and republican periods.
We examined the spatial and temporal distributions of historical records in South America. The
period of analysis varies depending on the date of Spanish arrival to each region. Finally, we
briefly discuss the limitations in the use of historical records in South America, and their future
perspectives: What information is presently available and what research is still needed to
provide consistent reconstructions of past climates based on historical documents.