%0 Journal Article %1 Wang2011Trends %A Wang, XiaolanL %A Wan, Hui %A Zwiers, FrancisW %A Swail, ValR %A Compo, GilbertP %A Allan, RobertJ %A Vose, RussellS %A Jourdain, Sylvie %A Yin, Xungang %B Climate Dynamics %D 2011 %I Springer-Verlag %J Climate Dynamics %K wind storms %N 11-12 %P 2355--2371 %R 10.1007/s00382-011-1107-0 %T Trends and low-frequency variability of storminess over western Europe, 1878–2007 %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00382-011-1107-0 %V 37 %X This study analyzes extremes of geostrophic wind speeds derived from sub-daily surface pressure observations at 13 sites in the European region from the Iberian peninsula to Scandinavia for the period from 1878 or later to 2007. It extends previous studies on storminess conditions in the Northeast (NE) Atlantic-European region. It also briefly discusses the relationship between storminess and the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO). The results show that storminess conditions in the region from the Northeast Atlantic to western Europe have undergone substantial decadal or longer time scale fluctuations, with considerable seasonal and regional differences (especially between winter and summer, and between the British Isles-North Sea area and other parts of the region). In the North Sea and the Alps areas, there has been a notable increase in the occurrence frequency of strong geostrophic winds from the mid to the late twentieth century. The results also show that, in the cold season (December–March), the NAO-storminess relationship is significantly positive in the north-central part of this region, but negative in the south-southeastern part.

@article{Wang2011Trends, abstract = {This study analyzes extremes of geostrophic wind speeds derived from sub-daily surface pressure observations at 13 sites in the European region from the Iberian peninsula to Scandinavia for the period from 1878 or later to 2007. It extends previous studies on storminess conditions in the Northeast (NE) Atlantic-European region. It also briefly discusses the relationship between storminess and the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO). The results show that storminess conditions in the region from the Northeast Atlantic to western Europe have undergone substantial decadal or longer time scale fluctuations, with considerable seasonal and regional differences (especially between winter and summer, and between the British Isles-North Sea area and other parts of the region). In the North Sea and the Alps areas, there has been a notable increase in the occurrence frequency of strong geostrophic winds from the mid to the late twentieth century. The results also show that, in the cold season (December–March), the NAO-storminess relationship is significantly positive in the north-central part of this region, but negative in the south-southeastern part.}, added-at = {2018-06-18T21:23:34.000+0200}, author = {Wang, XiaolanL and Wan, Hui and Zwiers, FrancisW and Swail, ValR and Compo, GilbertP and Allan, RobertJ and Vose, RussellS and Jourdain, Sylvie and Yin, Xungang}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/281f30a4b2c5886d137bb55485eb9283f/pbett}, booktitle = {Climate Dynamics}, citeulike-article-id = {9547289}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00382-011-1107-0}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.springerlink.com/content/n4355316356w5386}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00382-011-1107-0}, comment = {(private-note)This was followed by a similar paper that uses the 20CR, 10.1007/s00382-012-1450-9}, day = 8, doi = {10.1007/s00382-011-1107-0}, interhash = {4b672eccea28616865046cf02a1a71e9}, intrahash = {81f30a4b2c5886d137bb55485eb9283f}, issn = {0930-7575}, journal = {Climate Dynamics}, keywords = {wind storms}, month = jul, number = {11-12}, pages = {2355--2371}, posted-at = {2012-12-14 16:41:27}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Springer-Verlag}, timestamp = {2018-06-22T18:32:57.000+0200}, title = {Trends and low-frequency variability of storminess over western Europe, 1878–2007}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00382-011-1107-0}, volume = 37, year = 2011 }