Amplified mid-latitude planetary waves favour particular regional weather extremes

James A. Screen () and Ian Simmonds
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James A. Screen: College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, University of Exeter
Ian Simmonds: School of Earth Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne

Nature Climate Change, 2014, vol. 4, issue 8, 704-709

Abstract: An increase in extreme weather events in the Northern Hemisphere mid-latitudes has been proposed as a result of amplification of atmospheric planetary waves in the region. This study finds months of extreme weather are associated with amplified planetary waves, with different types of extreme events associated to differing degrees.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2271

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