Examination of wind storms over Central Europe with respect to circulation weather types and NAO phases

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1289-1300

  Donat, Markus G ^a   Leckebusch, Gregor C ^a   Pinto, Joaquim G ^b   Ulbrich, Uwe ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Circulation weather types; Extra tropical cyclones; North atlantic oscillation; Storminess; Wind storms

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EXTRA-TROPICAL CYCLONES; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HURRICANES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SPEED; WIND EFFECTS;

STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; STORM; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WESTERLY; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; CENTRAL EUROPE; NORTH SEA; SCANDINAVIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77954101670     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1982     Document Type: Article

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