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Stormiest winter on record for Ireland and UK
journal contribution
posted on 2014-11-13, 15:18 authored by Tom Matthews, Conor Murphy, Robert WilbyRobert Wilby, Shaun HarriganMeteorological agencies of Ireland and the UK have confirmed that winter (December to
February) 2013-14 (W2013/14) set records for precipitation totals and the occurrence of
extreme wind speeds1,2,3. Less clear is whether storminess (characterised as the frequency
and intensity of cyclones) during W2013/14 was equally unprecedented. We assess multidecadal
variations in storminess by considering frequency and intensity together and find
that W2013/14 was indeed exceptional. Given the potential societal impacts there is clearly
a need to better understand the processes driving extreme cyclonic activity in the North
Atlantic (NA).
History
Department
- Geography and Environment
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Nature Climate ChangeVolume
4Issue
9Pages
738 - 740Citation
MATTHEWS, T. ... et al, 2014. Stormiest winter on record for Ireland and UK. Nature Climate Change, 4 (9), pp.738-740.Publisher
Nature Publishing Group / © The authorsVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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2014-08-27Notes
This article was published in the journal Nature Climate Change [Nature Publishing Group / © The authors]. The definitive version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2336.ISSN
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