Can Arctic warming influence UK extreme weather?

We explore a possible relation between the recent Arctic amplification of global warming and changes in North Atlantic jet stream circulation and UK extreme weather conditions over the last decade. Such a link is supported by some tantalising clues from recent North Atlantic atmospheric circulation...

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Published in:Weather
Main Authors: Hanna, Edward, Hall, Richard J., Overland, James E.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley for Royal Meteorological Society 2017
Subjects:
F331 Atmospheric Physics
Arctic
Global warming
North Atlantic
Online Access:https://eprints.lincoln.ac.uk/id/eprint/26444/
https://eprints.lincoln.ac.uk/id/eprint/26444/1/WEATHER_linkages_paper_REVISED_15feb2017EH.docx
https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.2981
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Summary:We explore a possible relation between the recent Arctic amplification of global warming and changes in North Atlantic jet stream circulation and UK extreme weather conditions over the last decade. Such a link is supported by some tantalising clues from recent North Atlantic atmospheric circulation changes in summer and winter but, due to multiple factors affecting jet-stream variability, we need extended records over at least a further decade to more reliably attribute these changes to global warming.

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