@misc{bierstedt_a_wind_2017, author={Bierstedt, S.E., Huenicke, B., Zorita, E., Ludwig, J.}, title={A wind proxy based on migrating dunes at the Baltic coast: statistical analysis of the link between wind conditions and sand movement}, year={2017}, howpublished = {journal article}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-8-639-2017}, abstract = {We include precipitation and temperature into our analysis, in addition to wind, to learn more about the dependency between these three atmospheric factors and their common influence on the dune system. We set up a statistical linear model based on the correlation between the frequency of days with specific wind conditions in a given season and dune migration velocities derived for that season. To some extent, the dune records can be seen as analogous to tree-ring width records, and hence we use a proxy validation method usually applied in dendrochronology, cross-validation with the leave-one-out method, when the observational record is short. The revealed correlations between the wind record from the reanalysis and the wind record derived from the dune structure is in the range between 0.28 and 0.63, yielding similar statistical validation skill as dendroclimatological records.}, note = {Online available at: \url{https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-8-639-2017} (DOI). Bierstedt, S.; Huenicke, B.; Zorita, E.; Ludwig, J.: A wind proxy based on migrating dunes at the Baltic coast: statistical analysis of the link between wind conditions and sand movement. Earth System Dynamics. 2017. vol. 8, no. 3, 639-652. DOI: 10.5194/esd-8-639-2017}}