Are there statistical links between the direction of European weather systems and ENSO, the solar cycle or stratospheric aerosols?

• Published in: Royal Society Open Science
• Main Authors: Laken, Benjamin A., Stordal, Frode
• Other Authors: Research Council of Norway
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society 2016
• Subjects: Hess; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.150320; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.150320; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full-xml/10.1098/rsos.150320

The Hess Brezowsky Großwetterlagen (HBGWL) European weather classification system, accumulated over a long period (more than 130 years), provides a rare opportunity to examine the impact of various factors on regional atmospheric flow. We have used these data to examine changes in the frequency (day...