Meteorological reports from lighthouses on the Spanish coast (1945-87)
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | AEMET, State Meteorological Agency |
| Country | Spain  |
| Time period | From 1945 to 1987 |
| Ongoing | No |
| Geographical area | Lighthouses on the Spanish coast (including Northern Africa) |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Cloud cover height and extent; Atmospheric visibility and transparency; Air temperature; Wind strength and direction |
| Description | |
| Summary | The quoted parameters are recorded by hand at 7, 13, 19 hours. The series of data cover different periods of each lighthouse. This information has not been put through any type of quality control and a lot of it has been obtained visually: visibility, clouds, height and frequency of swell, etc. However, their value is that it is very difficult to find all this information in other files, and the persons who carry out the observations, the lighthouse keepers, generally do so in a very professional manner. It is difficult to estimate the data with precision. There are 4 lighthouses with data from the last 42 years, 6 with data from the last 24 years and several with data going back more than 10 years. This information is not valid for the study of climate changes. |
| Originators | AEMET, State Meteorological Agency |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | AEMET, State Meteorological Agency |
| Availability | Moratorium |
| Contact | Servicio de Aplicaciones Aeronauticas y Maritimas |
| Address | AEMET, State Meteorological Agency |
| Telephone | +34 91 5819857 |
| Facsimile | +34 915 819811 |
| infomet@inm.es | |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | IEO-CSIC, Spanish Oceanographic Institute |
| Local identifier | 8010003 |
| Global identifier | 2591 |
| Last revised | 2009-02-11 |
