Recent changes in measured wind in the NE Atlantic and variability of correlation with NAO.

• Published in: Annales Geophysicae
• Main Authors: PIRAZZOLI P. A., ULLMANN A., TOMASIN, Alberto
• Other Authors: Pirazzoli, P. A., Tomasin, Alberto, Ullmann, A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Keywords. Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (Climatology; General circulation); Belle Ile; Thorshavn; Iceland; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10278/15376; https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-28-1-2010

Abstract. The paper deals with wind measurements, recorded since the 1950s, at twelve meteorological stations along a transect near the westernmost European border, between 64 and 44 N. Extreme wind speed tends to decrease sharply near the northern boundary (at Reykjavick), near the middle of the st...