Table 3 Selected statistical characteristics of the series of annual mean wind data (m/s) from observations of meteorological stations, ERA-5 and MERRA-2 for the period 1990–2021.

From: Impact of changes in the wind regime on the Caspian sea level fluctuation and its relationship with SOI and NAO

Resours

Average

Std. deviation

Number of years

Std. error

Coef. of correlation

Oil Rocks

Gauge station

6.4/0

0.40

32

0.071

 

ERA-5

6.0/ (-0.4)

0.16

32

0.028

0.47

MERRA-2

5.7/ (-0.7)

0.16

32

0.028

0.49

Pirallahi

Gauge station

6.0/0

0.42

33

0.073

 

ERA-5

6.3/0.3

0.18

33

0.031

0.23

MERRA-2

5.6/ (-0.5)

0.15

33

0.026

0.27

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