European Wintertime Windstorms and its Links to Large-Scale Variability Modes

Simon Wild1, Daniel Johannes Befort1, Michael Alexander Walz1, Jeff R Knight2, Julia F Lockwood2, Hazel E Thornton2, Leon Hermanson2, Philip Bett2, Antje Weisheimer3,4 and Gregor C Leckebusch5, (1)University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15, United Kingdom, (2)Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, United Kingdom, (3)European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Reading, United Kingdom, (4)University of Oxford, Department of Physics, National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS), Oxford, United Kingdom, (5)University of Birmingham, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Birmingham, United Kingdom