scholarly journals Winter interactions between aerosols and weather regimes in the North Atlantic European region

2010 ◽  
Vol 115 (D9) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Ménégoz ◽  
V. Guemas ◽  
D. Salas y Melia ◽  
A. Voldoire
Keyword(s):  
North Atlantic ◽  
European Region ◽  
Weather Regimes ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Atlantic

scholarly journals Correction to “Winter interactions between weather regimes and marine surface in the North Atlantic European region”

2010 ◽  
Vol 37 (7) ◽  
pp. n/a-n/a
Author(s):  
Virginie Guemas ◽  
David Salas-Mélia ◽  
Masa Kageyama ◽  
Hervé Giordani ◽  
Aurore Voldoire ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North Atlantic ◽  
European Region ◽  
Weather Regimes ◽  
The North ◽  
Marine Surface ◽  
The North Atlantic

scholarly journals Winter interactions between weather regimes and marine surface in the North Atlantic European region

2009 ◽  
Vol 36 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Virginie Guemas ◽  
David Salas-Mélia ◽  
Masa Kageyama ◽  
Hervé Giordani ◽  
Aurore Voldoire ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North Atlantic ◽  
European Region ◽  
Weather Regimes ◽  
The North ◽  
Marine Surface ◽  
The North Atlantic

scholarly journals The link between eddy-driven jet variability and weather regimes in the North Atlantic-European sector

2017 ◽  
Vol 143 (708) ◽  
pp. 2960-2972 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erica Madonna ◽  
Camille Li ◽  
Christian M. Grams ◽  
Tim Woollings
Keyword(s):  
North Atlantic ◽  
Weather Regimes ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Atlantic ◽  
Jet Variability ◽  
European Sector

scholarly journals Very low zonally asymmetric ozone values in March 1997 above the North Atlantic-European region, induced by dynamic processes

1999 ◽  
Vol 17 (7) ◽  
pp. 933-940 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Entzian ◽  
D. Peters
Keyword(s):  
North Atlantic ◽  
Total Ozone ◽  
Meteorological Parameters ◽  
Middle Atmosphere ◽  
European Region ◽  
Dynamic Processes ◽  
Decadal Change ◽  
The North ◽  
Pattern Correlation ◽  
The North Atlantic

Abstract. The total ozone distribution in March 1997 showed very low values in the North Atlantic-European region, even lower than in the years before. A spatial pattern correlation between the zonally asymmetric part of total ozone and that of the 300 hPa surface geopotential of the Northern Hemisphere was applied to examine the spatial structure of the low ozone values and its dynamic dependence. A trend analysis in the North Atlantic-European region was carried out to determine to what extent the low March 1997 ozone values are related to the decadal change of meteorological parameters in the lower stratosphere, observed since the 1980s, in comparison to the interannual variability. The conclusion is that the very low ozone values above the North Atlantic-European region in March 1997 were mainly induced by dynamic processes, namely their decadal change as well as their interannual variability.Key words. Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (climatology; middle atmosphere dynamics)

scholarly journals Recent trends in summer atmospheric circulation in the North Atlantic/European region: is there a role for anthropogenic aerosols?

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-49
Author(s):  
Buwen Dong ◽  
Rowan T. Sutton
Keyword(s):  
Atmospheric Circulation ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
General Circulation ◽  
European Region ◽  
Northern Europe ◽  
Anthropogenic Aerosols ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Atlantic ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Fast Responses

AbstractThe variability of the westerly jet stream and storm track is crucial for summer weather and climate in the North Atlantic/European region. Observations for recent decades show notable trends in the summer jet from 1970s to 2010s, characterized by an equatorward migration over the North Atlantic accompanied by a poleward migration and weakening of the Mediterranean jet over Europe. These changes in atmospheric circulation were associated with more cyclonic storms traveling across the UK into northern Europe, and fewer over the Mediterranean, leading to wet summers in northern Europe and dry summers in southern Europe.In this study we investigate the potential drivers and processes that may have been responsible for the observed changes in summer atmospheric circulation, with a particular focus on the role of anthropogenic aerosols (AA). We conduct attribution experiments with an atmospheric general circulation model (AGCM) forced with observed changes in sea surface temperatures/sea ice extent (SST/SIE), greenhouse gas concentrations and AA precursor emissions. Comparison between the model results and observations strongly suggests that fast responses to AA changes were likely the primary driver of the observed poleward migration and weakening of the Mediterranean jet, with changes in SST/SIE playing a secondary role. The simulated response shows good agreement with the observed changes in both magnitude and vertical structure, which suggests that common mechanisms - involving aerosol-radiation and aerosol-cloud interactions - are responsible. By contrast, changes in the North Atlantic jet are influenced in the model experiments by changes in both Atlantic SST/SIE (which may themselves have been influenced by changes in AA) and fast responses to AA. In this case, however, there are significant differences between the model response and the observed changes; we argue these differences may be explained by biases in the model climatology.

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