TY - JOUR AU - Barriopedro Cepero, David AU - Gallego, David AU - Álvarez Castro, M. Carmen AU - García Herrera, Ricardo Francisco AU - Wheeler, Dennis AU - Peña Ortiz, Cristina AU - Barbosa, Susana M. PY - 2014 DO - 10.1007/s00382-013-1957-8 SN - 0930-7575 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/34229 T2 - Climate dynamics AB - A monthly index based on the persistence of the westerly winds over the English Chanel is constructed for 1685–2008 using daily data from ships’ logbooks and comprehensive marine meteorological datasets. The socalled Westerly Index (WI) provides the... LA - eng M2 - 939 PB - Springer KW - Instrumental pressure observations KW - Sea-level pressure KW - Atmospheric circulation KW - NAO index KW - Surface-temperature KW - Climate variability KW - Oscillation index KW - Last millenium KW - Reconstructions KW - Europe TI - Witnessing North Atlantic westerlies variability from ships' logbooks (1685-2008) TY - journal article VL - 43 ER -