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Seasonal forecasts of the summer 2016 Yangtze River basin rainfall
Philip E. Bett, Adam A. Scaife, Chaofan Li +8
The Yangtze River has been subject to heavy flooding throughout history, and in recent times severe floods such as those in 1998 have resulted in heavy loss of life and livelihoods…
Skill and reliability of seasonal forecasts for the Chinese energy sector
Philip E. Bett, Hazel E. Thornton, Julia F. Lockwood +6
We assess the skill and reliability of forecasts of winter and summer temperature, wind speed and irradiance over China, using the GloSea5 seasonal forecast system. Skill in such f…
The climatological relationships between wind and solar energy supply in Britain
Philip E. Bett, Hazel E. Thornton
We use reanalysis data to investigate the daily co-variability of wind and solar irradiance in Britain, and its implications for renewable energy supply balancing. The joint distri…
Using the Twentieth Century Reanalysis to assess climate variability for the European wind industry
Philip E. Bett, Hazel E. Thornton, Robin T. Clark
We characterise the long-term variability of European near-surface wind speeds using 142 years of data from the Twentieth Century Reanalysis (20CR), and consider the potential of s…
European wind variability over 140 yr
Philip E. Bett, Hazel E. Thornton, Robin T. Clark
We present initial results of a study on the variability of wind speeds across Europe over the past 140 yr, making use of the recent Twentieth Century Reanalysis data set, which in…