Divergent consensuses on Arctic amplification influence on midlatitude severe winter weather

J Cohen, X Zhang, J Francis, T Jung, R Kwok… - Nature Climate …, 2020 - nature.com
The Arctic has warmed more than twice as fast as the global average since the late twentieth
century, a phenomenon known as Arctic amplification (AA). Recently, there have been …

Sudden stratospheric warmings

MP Baldwin, B Ayarzagüena, T Birner… - Reviews of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Sudden stratospheric warmings (SSWs) are impressive fluid dynamical events in which
large and rapid temperature increases in the winter polar stratosphere (∼ 10–50 km) are …

Linking Arctic variability and change with extreme winter weather in the United States

J Cohen, L Agel, M Barlow, CI Garfinkel, I White - Science, 2021 - science.org
The Arctic is warming at a rate twice the global average and severe winter weather is
reported to be increasing across many heavily populated mid-latitude regions, but there is …

Blocking and its response to climate change

T Woollings, D Barriopedro, J Methven, SW Son… - Current climate change …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Atmospheric blocking events represent some of the most high-
impact weather patterns in the mid-latitudes, yet they have often been a cause for concern in …

Weakening of the stratospheric polar vortex by Arctic sea-ice loss

BM Kim, SW Son, SK Min, JH Jeong, SJ Kim… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Successive cold winters of severely low temperatures in recent years have had critical social
and economic impacts on the mid-latitude continents in the Northern Hemisphere. Although …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change from 1850 to 2005 simulated in CESM1 (WACCM)

DR Marsh, MJ Mills, DE Kinnison… - Journal of …, 2013 - journals.ametsoc.org
Brohan, P., JJ Kennedy, I. Harris, SFB Tett, and PD Jones, 2006: Uncertainty estimates in
regional and global observed temperature changes: A new data set from 1850. J. Geophys …

The role of the stratosphere in subseasonal to seasonal prediction: 2. Predictability arising from stratosphere‐troposphere coupling

DIV Domeisen, AH Butler… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The stratosphere can have a significant impact on winter surface weather on subseasonal to
seasonal (S2S) timescales. This study evaluates the ability of current operational S2S …

Northern hemisphere cold air outbreaks are more likely to be severe during weak polar vortex conditions

J Huang, P Hitchcock, AC Maycock… - … Earth & Environment, 2021 - nature.com
Severe cold air outbreaks have significant impacts on human health, energy use,
agriculture, and transportation. Anomalous behavior of the Arctic stratospheric polar vortex …

The association between stratospheric weak polar vortex events and cold air outbreaks in the Northern Hemisphere

EW Kolstad, T Breiteig, AA Scaife - Quarterly Journal of the …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Previous studies have identified an association between temperature anomalies in the
Northern Hemisphere and the strength of stratospheric polar westerlies. Large regions in …

Ural blocking as a driver of early‐winter stratospheric warmings

Y Peings - Geophysical Research Letters, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This study explores the early‐winter atmospheric response to Ural blocking anomalies in
November, using a nudging technique to constrain the temperature and dynamics in a high …