Extreme temperature regimes during the cool season: recent observed behavior and low frequency mode modulation

• Main Author: Westby, Rebecca Marie
• Other Authors: Black, Robert X., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Curry, Judith A., Deng, Yi
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: Georgia Institute of Technology 2011
• Subjects: Cold air outbreaks; Warm waves; Low frequency modes; Interannual variability; Multiple linear regressions; Extreme temperature regimes; Wind chill index; Temperature measurements; Temperature; Arctic; Merra; Pacific; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/42889

During the boreal cool season, regional climate in the United States is strongly impacted by extreme temperature regimes (ETRs), including both cold air outbreaks (CAOs) and warm waves (WWs), which have significant impacts on energy consumption, agriculture, as well as the human population. Using NC...