Evidence for a wavier jet stream in response to rapid Arctic warming
New metrics and evidence are presented that support a linkage between rapid Arctic warming, relative to Northern hemisphere mid-latitudes, and more frequent high-amplitude (wavy) jet-stream configurations that favor persistent weather patterns. We find robust relationships among seasonal and regiona...
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| description | New metrics and evidence are presented that support a linkage between rapid Arctic warming, relative to Northern hemisphere mid-latitudes, and more frequent high-amplitude (wavy) jet-stream configurations that favor persistent weather patterns. We find robust relationships among seasonal and regional patterns of weaker poleward thickness gradients, weaker zonal upper-level winds, and a more meridional flow direction. These results suggest that as the Arctic continues to warm faster than elsewhere in response to rising greenhouse-gas concentrations, the frequency of extreme weather events caused by persistent jet-stream patterns will increase. |
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| spelling | ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:093d4bee55764b9c99b7771114d64cf3 2025-01-16T20:05:06+00:00 Evidence for a wavier jet stream in response to rapid Arctic warming Jennifer A Francis Stephen J Vavrus 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/10/1/014005 https://doaj.org/article/093d4bee55764b9c99b7771114d64cf3 EN eng IOP Publishing https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/10/1/014005 https://doaj.org/toc/1748-9326 doi:10.1088/1748-9326/10/1/014005 1748-9326 https://doaj.org/article/093d4bee55764b9c99b7771114d64cf3 Environmental Research Letters, Vol 10, Iss 1, p 014005 (2015) jet stream Arctic amplification extreme weather Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering TD1-1066 Environmental sciences GE1-350 Science Q Physics QC1-999 article 2015 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/10/1/014005 2023-08-13T00:37:47Z New metrics and evidence are presented that support a linkage between rapid Arctic warming, relative to Northern hemisphere mid-latitudes, and more frequent high-amplitude (wavy) jet-stream configurations that favor persistent weather patterns. We find robust relationships among seasonal and regional patterns of weaker poleward thickness gradients, weaker zonal upper-level winds, and a more meridional flow direction. These results suggest that as the Arctic continues to warm faster than elsewhere in response to rising greenhouse-gas concentrations, the frequency of extreme weather events caused by persistent jet-stream patterns will increase. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Environmental Research Letters 10 1 014005 |
| spellingShingle | jet stream Arctic amplification extreme weather Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering TD1-1066 Environmental sciences GE1-350 Science Q Physics QC1-999 Jennifer A Francis Stephen J Vavrus Evidence for a wavier jet stream in response to rapid Arctic warming |
| title | Evidence for a wavier jet stream in response to rapid Arctic warming |
| title_full | Evidence for a wavier jet stream in response to rapid Arctic warming |
| title_fullStr | Evidence for a wavier jet stream in response to rapid Arctic warming |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evidence for a wavier jet stream in response to rapid Arctic warming |
| title_short | Evidence for a wavier jet stream in response to rapid Arctic warming |
| title_sort | evidence for a wavier jet stream in response to rapid arctic warming |
| topic | jet stream Arctic amplification extreme weather Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering TD1-1066 Environmental sciences GE1-350 Science Q Physics QC1-999 |
| topic_facet | jet stream Arctic amplification extreme weather Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering TD1-1066 Environmental sciences GE1-350 Science Q Physics QC1-999 |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/10/1/014005 https://doaj.org/article/093d4bee55764b9c99b7771114d64cf3 |