Comparing meteorological fields of the ENSEMBLES regional climate 
with ERA-40-data over the North Sea 
Contents 
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SUMMARY 
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i 
MOTIVATION 
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2 
DATA AND METHODS 
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2.1 
ENSEMBLES REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS FOR THE NORTH SEA 
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2.2 
ERA-40 REANALYSIS 
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2.3 
METHODS OF DATA PROCESSING 
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3 
COMPARISON OF ENSEMBLES REGIONAL CLIMATE 
MODELS RESULTS TO ERA-40 REANALYSIS DATA 
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3.1 
OVERVIEW 
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3.2 
SEA LEVEL PRESSURE 
14 
3.3 
WIND SPEED 
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3.4 
WIND DIRECTION 
18 
3.5 
AIR TEMPERATURE 
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3.6 
GLOBAL RADIATION 
21 
3.7 
CLOUD COVER 
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3.8 
PRECIPITATION 
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4 
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 
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LITERATURE