Central-European sunshine hours, relationship with the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation, and forecast.

ABSTRACT: Sunshine hours (SSH) is an important meteorological parameter, loosely linked to temperature and precipitation, and highly relevant for various sectors such as agriculture or solar energy. Previous studies have already identified a correlation of European SSH with the thermal state of the North Atlantic. This paper investigates this relationship further by studying annual and monthly SSH of seven long-term Central European SSH series and comparing them to the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) using Fourier Transformation, Monte Carlo simulation and non-linear optimization. The Fourier spectra of our annual SSH series have their strongest and highly significant peaks in the known AMO period of ~ 50 to ~ 80 years, supporting the hypothesis that European SSH and the AMO are linked. The

SUBMITTER: Ludecke HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11502692 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature