A new windstorm proxy from lake sediments: A comparison of geological and meteorological data from western Germany for the period 1965-2001

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 18, 2009, Pages

  Pfahl, Stephan ^a   Sirocko, Frank ^a   Seelos, Klemens ^a   Dietrich, Stephan ^a   Walter, Andreas ^a,b   Wernli, Heini ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; FUNCTION EVALUATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LAKES; LEAD; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; FLUVIAL SEDIMENT; GAUSSIANS; GERMANY; GRAIN SIZE; GRAIN SIZE ANALYSIS; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; LAKE SEDIMENTS; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; PB CONCENTRATION; PILOT STUDIES; QUARTZ GRAINS; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT LAYERS; STATISTICAL EVALUATION; THICK LAYERS; THIN SECTION; ULTRA-HIGH; WIND DATA; WIND MEASUREMENT;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CALIBRATION; DECADAL VARIATION; GAUSSIAN METHOD; GRAIN SIZE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LEAD ISOTOPE; METEOROLOGY; QUARTZ; SEDIMENT CORE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL PERIOD; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND VELOCITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 71449089568     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD011643     Document Type: Article

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