Reduction in reversal of global stilling arising from correction to encoding of calm periods( * )

Dunn, Robert J. H.1; Azorin-Molina, Cesar2; Menne, Matthew J.3; Zeng, Zhenzhong4; Casey, Nancy W.5; Shen, Cheng6

2022-06-01

10.1088/2515-7620/ac770a

Environmental Research Communications   Impact Factor & Quartile

2515-7620

We describe an undocumented change in how calm periods in near-surface wind speed (and direction) observations have been encoded in a subset of global datasets of sub-daily data after 2013. This has resulted in the under-estimation of the number of calm periods for meteorological stations across much of Asia and Europe. Hence average wind speeds after 2013 have been over-estimated, affecting the assessment of changes in global stilling and reversal phenomena after this date. By addressing this encoding change we show that globally, since 2010, wind speeds have recovered by around 30% less than previously thought.

climate science wind speed global stilling sub-daily data

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National Natural Science Foundation of China[42071022] ; Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation[RTI2018-095749-A-I00] ; Valencian Regional Government[AICO/2021/023] ; Swedish Formas["2019-00509","2017-01408"] ; VR["2021-02163","2019-03954"]

Environmental Sciences & Ecology

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1.Met Off Hadley Ctr, Exeter, Devon, England
2.CSIC, UV Generalitat Valenciana, Spanish Natl Res Council CIDE, Ctr Invest Desertificac, Moncada, Valencia, Spain
3.NOAA, NCEI, Asheville, NC USA
4.Southern Univ Sci & Technol, Sch Environm Sci & Engn, Shenzhen, Peoples R China
5.Riverside Technol Inc, Asheville, NC USA
6.Univ Gothenburg, Dept Earth Sci, Reg Climate Grp, Gothenburg, Sweden

Dunn, Robert J. H.,Azorin-Molina, Cesar,Menne, Matthew J.,et al. Reduction in reversal of global stilling arising from correction to encoding of calm periods( * )[J]. Environmental Research Communications,2022,4(6).

Dunn, Robert J. H.,Azorin-Molina, Cesar,Menne, Matthew J.,Zeng, Zhenzhong,Casey, Nancy W.,&Shen, Cheng.(2022).Reduction in reversal of global stilling arising from correction to encoding of calm periods( * ).Environmental Research Communications,4(6).

Dunn, Robert J. H.,et al."Reduction in reversal of global stilling arising from correction to encoding of calm periods( * )".Environmental Research Communications 4.6(2022).