A climate-change attribution retrospective of some impactful weather extremes of 2021

D Faranda, S Bourdin, M Ginesta… - Weather and Climate …, 2022 - wcd.copernicus.org
The IPCC AR6 report outlines a general consensus that anthropogenic climate change is
modifying the frequency and intensity of extreme events such as cold spells, heat waves …

Aerosol-Induced Changes in Atmospheric and Oceanic Heat Transports in the CESM2 Large Ensemble

MR Needham, T Cox, DA Randall - Journal of Climate, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
The total poleward energy transport (PET) is set by the top of atmosphere radiation flux and
is therefore sensitive to any process which can alter those fluxes, particularly in the …

Dynamics of extreme surface winds inside North Atlantic midlatitude cyclones

JH Son, CLE Franzke, SW Son - Geophysical Research Letters, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
North Atlantic midlatitude cyclones are among the most severe weather systems, causing
enormous economic damages and threatening human lives. The cyclone is typically …

[HTML][HTML] Arctic Sea ice leads detected using sentinel-1B SAR image and their responses to atmosphere circulation and sea ice dynamics

M Qu, R Lei, Y Liu, N Li - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Arctic sea ice leads are linear fractures in pack ice, which provide narrow windows for the
enhanced exchange of mass, energy, and momentum between the atmosphere and ocean …

The Histories of well-documented maritime cyclones as portrayed by an automated tracking method

PJ Roebber, KM Grise, JR Gyakum - Monthly Weather Review, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
This study examines extratropical cyclone tracks, central pressure, and maximum
intensification rates from a widely used automated cyclone tracking scheme and compares …

Atmospheric Transport Structures Shaping the “Godzilla” Dust Plume

A Jarvis, AH Mardi, H Foroutan, SD Ross - Atmospheric Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Saharan dust events, having great ecological and environmental impacts, are the largest
producers of the world's dust by far. Identifying the mechanisms by which the dust is …

Long‐Term Trends of Northern Hemispheric Winter Cyclones in the Extended ERA5 Reanalysis

A Karwat, CLE Franzke… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding how historical extratropical cyclone tracks respond to global warming is
crucial for predicting future storm activity. Thus, long reanalysis data sets are needed to …

Why Does Atmospheric Radiative Heating Weaken Midlatitude Cyclones?

E Mischell, B Soden, B Zhang… - Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Recent work has indicated that atmospheric radiative heating reduces the kinetic energy of
large‐scale eddies in the midlatitudes. However, a physical mechanism that connects …

Aquaplanet simulations with winter and summer hemispheres: model setup and circulation response to warming

S Schemm, M Röthlisberger - Weather and Climate Dynamics, 2024 - wcd.copernicus.org
To support further understanding of circulation changes in a warming climate, an idealised
aquaplanet model setup containing summer and winter hemispheres is presented, and the …

Recent changes in storm track over the Southeast Europe: a mechanism for changes in extreme cyclone variability

M Caian, F Georgescu, M Pietrisi, O Catrina - Atmosphere, 2021 - mdpi.com
Recent changes in cyclone tracks crossing Southeast Europe are investigated for the last
few decades (1980–1999 compared with 2000–2019) using a developed objective method …