Extreme indices and return levels of daily maximum 10m wind speed in the Arctic and around Greenland
A polar-adjusted version of the regional climate model COSMO-CLM was used at a horizontal resolution of about 15km (0.125°}; C15) to simulate and analyse extreme 10m wind speeds from 1979-2016 in winter (Nov to Apr) in the Arctic and around Greenland. Based on daily maximum 10m wind speeds, extreme...
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| Language: | English |
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2018
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-000D-3864-4 |
| Summary: | A polar-adjusted version of the regional climate model COSMO-CLM was used at a horizontal resolution of about 15km (0.125°}; C15) to simulate and analyse extreme 10m wind speeds from 1979-2016 in winter (Nov to Apr) in the Arctic and around Greenland. Based on daily maximum 10m wind speeds, extreme indices (95{%} percentiles, average strong gale and hurricane days per winter) and return levels up to the 20year return period are calculated and compared with state-of-the-art reanalysis data sets (ERA-Interim, ASR version 1 and 2) and with the satellite product CCMP version 2. The return levels were calculated by the {'}peaks-over-threshold{'} (POT) method which fits a General Pareto distribution (GPD) to extreme values exceeding a specified high threshold (for this study the local 95{%} and 99{%} percentiles). The model comparison was based on the overlapping winter period 2000-2012 (Nov to Apr). Before the analysis all data sets were interpolated onto the rotated model grid of C15 (450x350 grid boxes, with the rotated pole located at 100{°}W and 0{°N). |
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