Extreme winds at northern mid-latitudes since 1871

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-27

  Bronnimann, S ^a   Martius, O ^a   Von Waldow, H ^a   Welker, C ^a   Luterbacher, J ^b   Compo, G P ^c,d   Sardeshmukh, P D ^c,d   Usbeck, T ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECADAL VARIABILITY; ENSEMBLE MEMBERS; ENSEMBLE VARIANCES; EXTREME WIND SPEED; EXTREME WINDS; LOCAL EFFECTS; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; MIDLATITUDES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; REANALYSIS; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WIND SPEED;

WIND;

DATA SET; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OROGRAPHY; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WIND;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84874539692     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: 16101227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2012/0337     Document Type: Conference Paper

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