The role of Arctic Sea ice and sea surface temperatures on the cold 2015 February over North America

The cold spell of February 2015 in North America was predominantly internally generated; reduced Arctic sea ice and anomalous sea surface temperatures may have contributed in establishing and sustaining the anomalous flow.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Main Authors: Bellprat, Omar, García-Serrano, Javier, Fučkar, Neven S., Massonnet, François, Guemas, Virginie, Doblas-Reyes, Francisco J.
Other Authors: UCL - SST/ELI/ELIC - Earth & Climate
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Meteorological Society 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/202281
https://doi.org/10.1175/bams-d-16-0159.1
Description
Summary:The cold spell of February 2015 in North America was predominantly internally generated; reduced Arctic sea ice and anomalous sea surface temperatures may have contributed in establishing and sustaining the anomalous flow.