130210 20241125101148.0 doi 10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0269.1 sideral 136094 ART-2023-136094 eng Domínguez-Castro, Fernando (orcid)0000-0003-3085-7040 The first systematic meteorological observations in the Americas (Recife, 1640–42) 2023 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted In 1639, the German naturalist Georg Marcgraf established the first astronomical observatory in the Americas, located in Recife (Brazil). There, he made the first daily systematic meteorological observations of wind direction, precipitation, fog, and thunder and lightning from 1640 to 1642. We outline the circumstances that led to this observatory being established and analyze the observations. The range of values obtained from all the variables recorded by Marcgraf corresponds well with Recife’s current climate. However, wetter-than-normal conditions were recorded during 1640, while anomalous concentrations of foggy days occurred from May to December 1641. We hypothesize that these anomalous record foggy days could be associated with the highly explosive eruptions of the Komagatake and Parker volcanoes, both in 1640. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN-FEDER/PCI2019-103631 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/PID2019-108589RA-I00 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess All rights reserved http://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/ 6.9 2023 METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES 8 / 110 = 0.073 2023 Q1 T1 2.149 2023 Atmospheric Science 2023 Q1 9.8 2023 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Gallego, María de la Cruz Vaquero, Jose M. García Herrera, Ricardo Corral, Victoria Marina Sáez, Rosa M. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0003-3830-5398 Trigo, Ricardo M. Libonati, Renata Noguera, Iván El Kenawy, Ahmed Peña Angulo, Dhais Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-5333-2285 Vicente-Serrano, Sergio M. (orcid)0000-0003-2892-518X 3006 430 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Geograf. Ordenac.Territ. Área Geografía Física 3000 355 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Ciencias de la Antigüed. Área Filología Latina 104, 8 (2023), E1493-E1506 Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc. BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY 0003-0007 2240795 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/130210/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada info:eu-repo/date/embargoEnd/2024-02-21 1371629 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/130210/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada info:eu-repo/date/embargoEnd/2024-02-21 oai:zaguan.unizar.es:130210 articulos driver 2024-11-22-12:05:13 ARTICLE