Meteorologists have a historical penchant for giving names to atmospheric phenomena which, in today's world, sound rather like phrases made up to fit a dramatic headline than real scientific terminology. Bomb cyclone or sting jet are two leading examples. Another term, which has become increasingly used and misused in the wider media in the past …
North American weather regimes: a summary (so far)
Over the last four years (where does the time go?!), I've been working extensively on understanding weather regimes over North America. With our new paper recently published in Journal of Climate, I thought now might be a good time to link together all the publications in one short blog post. Weather regimes represent recurrent, persistent …
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