Reanalysis suggests long-term upward trends in European storminess since 1871

MG Donat; D Renggli; S Wild; LV Alexander; Gregor Leckebusch; U Ulbrich

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Reanalysis suggests long-term upward trends in European storminess since 1871

MG Donat, D Renggli, S Wild, LV Alexander, Gregor Leckebusch, U Ulbrich

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Regional trends of wind storm occurrence in Europe are investigated using the 20th Century Reanalysis (20CR). While based on surface observations only, this dataset produces storm events in good agreement with the traditional ERA40 and NCEP reanalyses. Time series display decadal-scale variability in the occurrence of wind storms since 1871, including a period of enhanced storm activity during the early 20th century. Still, significant upward trends are found in central, northern and western Europe, related to unprecedented high values of the storminess measures towards the end of the 20th century, particularly in the North Sea and Baltic Sea regions. Citation: Donat, M. G., D. Renggli, S. Wild, L. V. Alexander, G. C. Leckebusch, and U. Ulbrich (2011), Reanalysis suggests long-term upward trends in European storminess since 1871, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L14703, doi: 10.1029/2011GL047995.

Original language	English
Article number	L14703
Pages (from-to)	L14703
Journal	Geophysical Research Letters
Volume	38
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1029/2011GL047995
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2011

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