Was the 2015 North Atlantic subpolar cold anomaly predictable?

• Published in: Journal of Climate
• Other Authors: Maroon, Elizabeth A. (author), Yeager, Stephen G. (author), Danabasoglu, Gokhan (author), Rosenbloom, Nan (author)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Blob The; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0750.1

The subpolar North Atlantic (SPNA) experienced extreme cold during 2015, an event often called the "cold blob." The evolution of this event in the Community Earth System Model version 1 Decadal Prediction Large Ensemble (CESM1-DPLE) hindcast initialized in November 2014 is compared to obse...