gesjGEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITYGEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY2071-93882542-1565Russian Geographical Society10.24057/2071-9388-2018-11-1-93-112gesj-384Research ArticleENVIRONMENTОкружающая средаLONG-TERM STATISTICS OF STORMS IN THE BALTIC, BARENTS AND WHITE SEAS AND THEIR FUTURE CLIMATE PROJECTIONSMyslenkovStanislavstasocean@gmail.comMedvedevaAlisaArkhipkinVictorMarkinaMargaritaSurkovaGalinaKrylovAlekseyDobrolyubovSergeyZilitinkevichSergeyKoltermannPeterLomonosov Moscow State University; P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences; Hydrometeorological Research Centre of the Russian FederationRussian FederationP.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of SciencesRussian FederationLomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussian FederationLomonosov Moscow State University; P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of SciencesRussian FederationLomonosov Moscow State University; Finnish Meteorological InstituteRussian Federation20183103201811193112Copyright © Myslenkov S., Medvedeva A., Arkhipkin V., Markina M., Surkova G., Krylov A., Dobrolyubov S., Zilitinkevich S., Koltermann P., 20182018Myslenkov S., Medvedeva A., Arkhipkin V., Markina M., Surkova G., Krylov A., Dobrolyubov S., Zilitinkevich S., Koltermann P.Myslenkov S., Medvedeva A., Arkhipkin V., Markina M., Surkova G., Krylov A., Dobrolyubov S., Zilitinkevich S., Koltermann P.Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.https://ges.rgo.ru/jour/article/view/384

The numerical model simulations of storm activity in the White, Baltic andBarentsSeaswere analyzed for the period from 1979 to2015. Inthis paper the storm number of these seas was calculated. The connections of wind wave climate with indecies of large-scale atmospheric circulation such as NAO, AO and SCAND were estimated. Also, the future changes of wind wave climate were analysed.

 

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