Fig. 5. Reconstructed Sea Level Pressure (SLP) fields, Top: Mean reconstructed SLP distribution for thc coldest ( 1891 ).
the warmest (1772),
the driest (1609)
and the wettest (1684)
winter (DJF) over Europe (Luterbacher et al. 200
I a) Middle: Seasonal SLP difference patterns of the four extreme Mediterranean winters
(winter minus long-term seasonal SLP mean of 1901-1995),
Continuous lines mark positive SLP deviations. and dashed lines negative SLP deviations, The
contours are
drawn at 2 hPa intervals, Bottom: Model performance (RE) for the four reconstructed winter SLP fields, For areas with RE >
0 meaningful
reconstructions
can be expected,
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