Heat waves: Physical understanding and scientific challenges

D Barriopedro, R García‐Herrera… - Reviews of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Heat waves (HWs) can cause large socioeconomic and environmental impacts. The
observed increases in their frequency, intensity and duration are projected to continue with …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in the subseasonal prediction of extreme events: Relevant case studies across the globe

DIV Domeisen, CJ White… - Bulletin of the …, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
Alexander, LV, M. Bador, R. Roca, S. Contractor, MG Donat, and PL Nguyen, 2020:
Intercomparison of annual precipitation indices and extremes over global land areas from in …

Year‐round sub‐seasonal forecast skill for Atlantic–European weather regimes

D Büeler, L Ferranti, L Magnusson… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Weather regime forecasts are a prominent use case of sub‐seasonal prediction in the
midlatitudes. A systematic evaluation and understanding of year‐round sub‐seasonal …

Using explainable machine learning forecasts to discover subseasonal drivers of high summer temperatures in western and central Europe

C Van Straaten, K Whan, D Coumou… - Monthly Weather …, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
Reliable subseasonal forecasts of high summer temperatures would be very valuable for
society. Although state-of-the-art numerical weather prediction (NWP) models have become …

Multi‐model assessment of sub‐seasonal predictive skill for year‐round Atlantic–European weather regimes

M Osman, R Beerli, D Büeler… - Quarterly Journal of the …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The prediction skill of sub‐seasonal forecast models is evaluated for seven year‐round
weather regimes in the Atlantic–European region. Reforecasts based on models from three …

Introduction to special collection:“Bridging weather and climate: subseasonal‐to‐seasonal (S2S) prediction”

AL Lang, K Pegion, EA Barnes - Journal of Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This article acts as an introduction to the JGR‐Atmospheres Special Section titled “Bridging
Weather and Climate: Subseasonal‐to‐Seasonal (S2S) Prediction”. It outlines the major …

[HTML][HTML] Characteristics, evolution, and formation of cold air outbreaks in the Great Plains of the United States

OT Millin, JC Furtado, JB Basara - Journal of Climate, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
Wintertime cold air outbreaks (CAOs) in the Great Plains of the United States have
significant socioeconomic, environmental, and infrastructural impacts; the events of …

[HTML][HTML] The role of large-scale dynamics in an exceptional sequence of severe thunderstorms in Europe May–June 2018

S Mohr, J Wilhelm, J Wandel, M Kunz… - Weather and Climate …, 2020 - wcd.copernicus.org
Over 3 weeks in May and June 2018, an exceptionally large number of thunderstorms hit
vast parts of western and central Europe, causing precipitation accumulations of up to 80 …

The relationship between the polar jet stream and extreme wildfire events in North America

P Jain, M Flannigan - Journal of Climate, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
Northern Hemisphere midlatitude weather is strongly influenced by the polar jet stream
(PJS), which dictates the position of storm tracks; this influence also extends to weather …

Relationship between atmospheric blocking and warm‐season thunderstorms over western and central Europe

S Mohr, J Wandel, S Lenggenhager… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A statistically significant link is presented between atmospheric blocking located over the
eastern North Atlantic and northern Europe and warm‐season thunderstorm activity over …