The Positive North Atlantic Oscillation with downstream blocking and Middle East snowstorms: Impacts of the North Atlantic Jet

• Published in: Journal of Climate
• Other Authors: Yao, Yao (author), Luo, Dehai (author), Dai, Aiguo (author), Feldstein, Steven (author)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Meteorological Society 2016
• Subjects: Tilting; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: http://nldr.library.ucar.edu/repository/collections/OSGC-000-000-022-698; https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0350.1

A recent study revealed that cold winter outbreaks over the Middle East and southeastern Europe are caused mainly by the northeast-southwest (NE-SW) tilting of European blocking (EB) associated with the positive-phase North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO+). Here, the North Atlantic conditions are examine...