Using the weather observations in US Naval Japan Expedition ship logs of Perry’s fleet for understanding the climate in East Asia during 1850s


Hisayuki Kubota, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, Rob Allan, Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, United Kingdom, Clive Wilkinson, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom, Philip Brohan, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom, Kevin R Wood, NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, WA, United States and Mark Mollan, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington DC, United States