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Toward integrated historical climate research: the example of atmospheric circulation reconstructions over the earth

Allan, Rob; Endfield, Georgina; Damodaran, Vinita; Adamson, George; Hannaford, Matthew; Carroll, Fiona; Macdonald, Neil; Groom, Nick; Jones, Julie; Williamson, Fiona; Hendy, Erica; Holper, Paul; Arroyo-Mora, J. Pablo; Hughes, Lorna; Bickers, Robert; Bliuc, Ana-Maria

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Authors

Rob Allan

Georgina Endfield

Vinita Damodaran

George Adamson

Matthew Hannaford

Fiona Carroll

Neil Macdonald

Nick Groom

Julie Jones

Fiona Williamson

Erica Hendy

Paul Holper

J. Pablo Arroyo-Mora

Lorna Hughes

Robert Bickers

Ana-Maria Bliuc



Abstract

Climate change has become a key environmental narrative of the 21st century. However, emphasis on the science of climate change has overshadowed studies focusing on human interpretations of climate history, of adaptation and resilience, and of explorations of the institutions and cultural coping strategies that may have helped people adapt to climate changes in the past. Moreover, although the idea of climate change has been subject to considerable scrutiny by the physical sciences, recent climate scholarship has highlighted the need for a re‐examination of the cultural and spatial dimensions of climate, with contributions from the humanities and social sciences. Establishing a multidisciplinary dialogue and approach to climate research past, present, and future has arguably never been more important. This article outlines developments in historical climatology research and considers examples of integrated multidisciplinary approaches to climate, climatic variability, and climate change research, conducted across the physical sciences, social sciences, humanities, and the arts. We highlight the international Atmospheric Circulation Reconstructions over the Earth (ACRE) initiative as one example of such an integrated approach. Initially, ACRE began as a response from climate science to the needs of the agricultural sector in Queensland, Australia for a longer, more spatially, and temporally‐complete database of the weather. ACRE has now evolved to embrace an international group of researchers working together across disciplines to integrate their efforts into a four‐dimensional (4D) dynamical global historical climate‐quality reanalysis (reconstruction).

Citation

Allan, R., Endfield, G., Damodaran, V., Adamson, G., Hannaford, M., Carroll, F., Macdonald, N., Groom, N., Jones, J., Williamson, F., Hendy, E., Holper, P., Arroyo-Mora, J. P., Hughes, L., Bickers, R., & Bliuc, A.-M. (2016). Toward integrated historical climate research: the example of atmospheric circulation reconstructions over the earth. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 7(2), 164-174. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.379

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Oct 14, 2015
Publication Date Jan 15, 2016
Deposit Date May 5, 2016
Publicly Available Date May 5, 2016
Journal Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change
Print ISSN 1757-7780
Electronic ISSN 1757-7799
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 7
Issue 2
Pages 164-174
DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.379
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/772485
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/wcc.379
Additional Information This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Allan, R., Endfield, G., Damodaran, V., Adamson, G., Hannaford, M., Carroll, F., Macdonald, N., Groom, N., Jones, J., Williamson, F., Hendy, E., Holper, P., Arroyo-Mora, J. P., Hughes, L., Bickers, R. and Bliuc, A.-M. (2016), Toward integrated historical climate research: the example of Atmospheric Circulation Reconstructions over the Earth. WIREs Climate Change, 7: 164–174, which has been published in final form at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wcc.379/full. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.

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