150 Years: The Leipzig Meteorological Conference, 1872, a Milestone in International Meteorological Cooperation

One hundred and fifty years ago, a meteorological conference was held in Leipzig as part of the anniversary meeting of the Society of German Natural Scientists and Physicians (Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher und Ärzte), founded in Leipzig in 1822. This meeting, intended as a preparatory meeting...

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Main Authors: Michael Börngen, Thomas Foken
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Language:English
Published: Borntraeger 2022-12-01
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/metz/2022/1134
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description One hundred and fifty years ago, a meteorological conference was held in Leipzig as part of the anniversary meeting of the Society of German Natural Scientists and Physicians (Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher und Ärzte), founded in Leipzig in 1822. This meeting, intended as a preparatory meeting for the 1st International Meteorological Congress held in Vienna a year later, ultimately laid the foundation for today's World Meteorological Organization. The organizers of the Leipzig Conference (was held on 14–16 August 1872) were the German Carl Christians Bruhns (1830–1881), the Austrian Carl Jelinek (1822–1876) and the Swiss Heinrich von Wild (1833–1902). The discussions at the conference were conducted on the basis of a catalogue of 26 questions on the most pressing issues of the use of measuring instruments, observation periods, and data exchange (catalog in English translation in the appendix) that were sent together with the invitation. The main concern here was to enable consistency between individual states. Based on the Report on the Negotiations of the Meteorological Assembly at Leipzig (Vienna, 1872), which also contains opinions expressed by meteorologists who were not present at the conference, the results of this trend-setting Leipzig assembly are presented here, that was a milestone in international meteorological cooperation.
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spelling doaj.art-fe5fc9e75a364f518bd6b3fe074d5bb72022-12-22T03:49:15ZengBorntraegerMeteorologische Zeitschrift0941-29482022-12-0131541542710.1127/metz/2022/1134101804150 Years: The Leipzig Meteorological Conference, 1872, a Milestone in International Meteorological CooperationMichael BörngenThomas FokenOne hundred and fifty years ago, a meteorological conference was held in Leipzig as part of the anniversary meeting of the Society of German Natural Scientists and Physicians (Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher und Ärzte), founded in Leipzig in 1822. This meeting, intended as a preparatory meeting for the 1st International Meteorological Congress held in Vienna a year later, ultimately laid the foundation for today's World Meteorological Organization. The organizers of the Leipzig Conference (was held on 14–16 August 1872) were the German Carl Christians Bruhns (1830–1881), the Austrian Carl Jelinek (1822–1876) and the Swiss Heinrich von Wild (1833–1902). The discussions at the conference were conducted on the basis of a catalogue of 26 questions on the most pressing issues of the use of measuring instruments, observation periods, and data exchange (catalog in English translation in the appendix) that were sent together with the invitation. The main concern here was to enable consistency between individual states. Based on the Report on the Negotiations of the Meteorological Assembly at Leipzig (Vienna, 1872), which also contains opinions expressed by meteorologists who were not present at the conference, the results of this trend-setting Leipzig assembly are presented here, that was a milestone in international meteorological cooperation.http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/metz/2022/1134historyleipzig meteorological conference 18721st international meteorological congress vienna 1873international meteorological organization
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150 Years: The Leipzig Meteorological Conference, 1872, a Milestone in International Meteorological Cooperation
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1st international meteorological congress vienna 1873
international meteorological organization
title 150 Years: The Leipzig Meteorological Conference, 1872, a Milestone in International Meteorological Cooperation
title_full 150 Years: The Leipzig Meteorological Conference, 1872, a Milestone in International Meteorological Cooperation
title_fullStr 150 Years: The Leipzig Meteorological Conference, 1872, a Milestone in International Meteorological Cooperation
title_full_unstemmed 150 Years: The Leipzig Meteorological Conference, 1872, a Milestone in International Meteorological Cooperation
title_short 150 Years: The Leipzig Meteorological Conference, 1872, a Milestone in International Meteorological Cooperation
title_sort 150 years the leipzig meteorological conference 1872 a milestone in international meteorological cooperation
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leipzig meteorological conference 1872
1st international meteorological congress vienna 1873
international meteorological organization
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/metz/2022/1134
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