A historical climatology of the easterly winds in the strait of Gibraltar

A historical climatology of the easterly winds in the strait of Gibraltar

ABSTRACT In this paper, we use historical wind direction observations taken aboard sailing ships to build a new index for the frequency of the easterly winds in the strait of Gibraltar, in southern Spain. The new series starts in the late 19th century, adding almost 100 years to comparable previous series. We have found large interannual and decadal fluctuations in the frequency of the easterly winds in Gibraltar along the 20th century, although no long-term trends have been revealed. We show that the changes in the frequency of the easterly winds in Gibraltar appear significantly related to the North Atlantic Oscillation and to anomalies in the sea level pressure across the North Atlantic and large areas of Europe.

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hidalgo,Paula, Gallego,David
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Centro de Ciencias de la Atmósfera 2019
Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0187-62362019000300181
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id oai:scielo:S0187-62362019000300181
record_format ojs
spelling oai:scielo:S0187-623620190003001812020-10-05A historical climatology of the easterly winds in the strait of GibraltarHidalgo,PaulaGallego,David Gibraltar historical climate climate indices ABSTRACT In this paper, we use historical wind direction observations taken aboard sailing ships to build a new index for the frequency of the easterly winds in the strait of Gibraltar, in southern Spain. The new series starts in the late 19th century, adding almost 100 years to comparable previous series. We have found large interannual and decadal fluctuations in the frequency of the easterly winds in Gibraltar along the 20th century, although no long-term trends have been revealed. We show that the changes in the frequency of the easterly winds in Gibraltar appear significantly related to the North Atlantic Oscillation and to anomalies in the sea level pressure across the North Atlantic and large areas of Europe.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Centro de Ciencias de la AtmósferaAtmósfera v.32 n.3 20192019-09-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articletext/htmlhttp://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0187-62362019000300181en10.20937/atm.2019.32.03.02
institution SCIELO
collection OJS
country México
countrycode MX
component Revista
access En linea
databasecode rev-scielo-mx
tag revista
region America del Norte
libraryname SciELO
language English
format Digital
author Hidalgo,Paula
Gallego,David
spellingShingle Hidalgo,Paula
Gallego,David
A historical climatology of the easterly winds in the strait of Gibraltar
author_facet Hidalgo,Paula
Gallego,David
author_sort Hidalgo,Paula
title A historical climatology of the easterly winds in the strait of Gibraltar
title_short A historical climatology of the easterly winds in the strait of Gibraltar
title_full A historical climatology of the easterly winds in the strait of Gibraltar
title_fullStr A historical climatology of the easterly winds in the strait of Gibraltar
title_full_unstemmed A historical climatology of the easterly winds in the strait of Gibraltar
title_sort historical climatology of the easterly winds in the strait of gibraltar
description ABSTRACT In this paper, we use historical wind direction observations taken aboard sailing ships to build a new index for the frequency of the easterly winds in the strait of Gibraltar, in southern Spain. The new series starts in the late 19th century, adding almost 100 years to comparable previous series. We have found large interannual and decadal fluctuations in the frequency of the easterly winds in Gibraltar along the 20th century, although no long-term trends have been revealed. We show that the changes in the frequency of the easterly winds in Gibraltar appear significantly related to the North Atlantic Oscillation and to anomalies in the sea level pressure across the North Atlantic and large areas of Europe.
publisher Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Centro de Ciencias de la Atmósfera
publishDate 2019
url http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0187-62362019000300181
work_keys_str_mv AT hidalgopaula ahistoricalclimatologyoftheeasterlywindsinthestraitofgibraltar
AT gallegodavid ahistoricalclimatologyoftheeasterlywindsinthestraitofgibraltar
AT hidalgopaula historicalclimatologyoftheeasterlywindsinthestraitofgibraltar
AT gallegodavid historicalclimatologyoftheeasterlywindsinthestraitofgibraltar
_version_ 1756223013353684992

Similar Items