Recent strengthening of the stratospheric Arctic vortex response to warming in the central North Pacific

The stratospheric Arctic vortex plays a critical role in forecasting cold winters in northern mid-latitudes. Here the authors show that the stratospheric Arctic vortex strengthened during 1998–2016, with ~25% of this strengthening contributed by warming in the central North Pacific.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: Dingzhu Hu, Zhaoyong Guan, Wenshou Tian, Rongcai Ren
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018
Subjects:
Science
Q
Arctic
Pacific
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04138-3
https://doaj.org/article/1a5c337171284e748a977f8549ac3ecb
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Summary:The stratospheric Arctic vortex plays a critical role in forecasting cold winters in northern mid-latitudes. Here the authors show that the stratospheric Arctic vortex strengthened during 1998–2016, with ~25% of this strengthening contributed by warming in the central North Pacific.

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