Objective To document change in storminess and in the wave climate of theNortheast Atlantic and the North Sea on the basis of quality-controlledhomogenous long times series of wind-related data; to clarifyconflicting reports on changes in storminess and wave climate, whichhave raised concern not only in the some industries, such as theoffshore oil industry and the insurance industry, but also in thegeneral public; to analyse the output of climate model runs withrespect to future storminess and implications for the future waveclimate. Special emphasis will be laid upon the problem of derivingthresholds for extreme values.Methodically, the project will be based on the analysis of reports fromfixed sites, such as ocean weather stations and "synop"-stations, incontrast to mobile sites such as Voluntary Observing Ships. Operationalhistorical weather maps will be used as auxiliary data only because ofunavoidable inhomogeneities.For the wavefield, homogeneous hindcasts will be exploited and, ifnecessary, new hindcasts will be done.The various parameters which represent the storm and wave climate willbe statistically linked to the large-scale state of the atmosphere sothat through a "downscaling strategy" historical states will bereconstructed and future perspectives will be inferred from climatemodel output. Programme(s) FP3-ENV 1C - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of the environment, 1990-1994 Topic(s) 0103 - Climate change impacts Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V. Address Bundesstra¯e 55 20146 Hamburg Germany See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE Denmark EU contribution € 0,00 Address 100,lyngbyvej 100 2100 Koepenhagen See on map Det Norske Meteorologiske Institutt Norway EU contribution € 0,00 Address 70,allegt 5007 Bergen See on map ENTE PUBLICO PUERTOS DEL ESTADO Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address 81,antonio lopez 81 28026 Madrid See on map GKSS - FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM GEESTHACHT GMBH Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Max-planck-strasse 1 Geesthacht See on map Links Website Opens in new window MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT PUBLIC WORKS AND WATER MANAGEMENT Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address Kortenaerkade 1 2500 EX Den haag ('s-gravenhage) See on map NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Bidston observatory L43 7RA Birkenhead See on map ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address 10,wilhelminalaan 10 3730 AE De bilt See on map SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE Sweden EU contribution € 0,00 Address Folkborgsvägen 1 601 76 Norrköping See on map Links Website Opens in new window