Abstract:
The Swedish Coast data resides in 6 books, 'Svenska
Hydrografisk-Biologiska Komissionens Fyrskeppsundersokning' (C/dab
AO-2) written in Swedish. The data contained in these books are daily
and monthly air and sea temperature, salinity, current, and wind
observations for locations off the Swedish coast in the Baltic and
North Seas. These data are for each month of the period 1923 to
1935. The
... variables included in these data are: daily salinity;
surface winds; air and water temperature observations; and monthly
mean water temperatures. The sea variables are measured at different
ocean depths. The air temperature is determined only at the surface.
The precipitation data resides in 1 book, 'Hydrografiska Byran Arsbok'
(C/dab AO-2) written in Swedish. The data contained in this book are
daily, monthly, and seasonal precipitation, ice, snow, and water
tables for cities in Sweden from 1908 to 1918. The daily parameters
included in these data are: height of water observations; water
temperature, oxygen, calcium-oxide, chlorine, and sulfate analysis;
and snow cover. Monthly parameters incorporated in these data for each
individual month are: precipitation totals; number of days of snow;
precipitation greater then a certain amount; mean, maximum and minimum
water level, water amounts, streamflow amounts, and ice and snow
thickness. The only monthly variable that is averaged over the period
is mean water height. Seasonal parameters included in these data are
duration of snow cover and ice on the water bodies.
Climatic data resides in 29 books, 'Meteorologiska Iakttagelser i
Sverige Utgifna Af Kong. L. Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademien' (C/dab AO)
written in Swedish, and 'Observations Meteorologiques A Abisko' (C/dab
AO-3) written in Swedish and French. The data contained in these books
are hourly weather observation tables and daily and monthly surface
climatic data for Sweden for each month of the period 1858 to
1929. The parameters included in the hourly observations are pressure,
air and soil temperature, humidity, winds, sunshine, cloudiness, and
vapor pressure. Daily variables contained in the first book (C/dab AO)
are the following: five-day mean temperature; absolute maximum and
minimum temperature; precipitation totals; and five-day mean number of
days of a particular wind direction.
Daily parameters included in the second book (C/dab AO-3) are: mean
pressure, temperature, humidity, and vapor pressure; maximum and
minimum pressure, temperature, humidity, and vapor pressure; surface
lake temperatures; snow cover; and mean snow layers. In addition,
there are diaries of cloud types and movement, hydrometeors, and
aurora in the second book.
The following monthly parameters are included in the first book: mean
pressure, temperature, humidity, wind velocity, and vapor pressure;
mean maximum and minimum temperature; absolute maximum and minimum
pressure, temperature, and 24 hour precipitation totals; precipitation
totals; monthly number of days with precipitation, snow, hail, fog,
thunderstorms, clear skies, cloudy skies, and partly cloudy skies; and
number of days with calm winds and wind directions at a particular
hour.
These books are part of the foreign meteorological data collection
held by the NOAA Central Library in Washington, DC. Information in
this collection dates back to the 18th century for daily, monthly,
seasonal, and annual tabular summaries, and the 19th century for
weather maps. These data are the result of foreign exchange
agreements, but the collection has not been updated since 1983. 
