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- Title
Dating historical droughts from religious ceremonies, the international pro pluvia rogation database.
- Authors
Domínguez-Castro, Fernando; Alcoforado, María João; Bravo-Paredes, Nieves; Fernández-Fernández, María Isabel; Fragoso, Marcelo; Gallego, María Cruz; García Herrera, Ricardo; Garnier, Emmanuel; Garza-Merodio, Gustavo; El Kenawy, Ahmed M.; Latorre, Borja; Noguera, Iván; Peña-Angulo, Dhais; Reig-Gracia, Fergus; Silva, Luís Pedro; Vaquero, José M.; Vicente Serrano, Sergio M.
- Abstract
Climate proxy data are required for improved understanding of climate variability and change in the pre-instrumental period. We present the first international initiative to compile and share information on pro pluvia rogation ceremonies, which is a well-studied proxy of agricultural drought. Currently, the database has more than 3500 dates of celebration of rogation ceremonies, providing information for 153 locations across 11 countries spanning the period from 1333 to 1949. This product provides data for better understanding of the pre-instrumental drought variability, validating natural proxies and model simulations, and multi-proxy rainfall reconstructions, amongst other climatic exercises. The database is freely available and can be easily accessed and visualized via http://inpro.unizar.es/. Measurement(s) pro pluvia rogation date • proxy climate indicator Technology Type(s) digital curation Sample Characteristic - Environment drought Sample Characteristic - Location Mexico • Guatemala • Ecuador • Peru • Chile • Argentina • Portugal • Kingdom of Spain • French Republic • Italy • The Philippines Machine-accessible metadata file describing the reported data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.14372093
- Subjects
RITES &; ceremonies; ROGATION days; CLIMATE change; INFORMATION sharing; DROUGHTS; DIGITAL technology
- Publication
Scientific Data, 2021, Vol 8, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2052-4463
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41597-021-00952-5