Polar lows over the nordic and labrador seas: Synoptic circulation patterns and associations with north atlantic-europe wintertime weather regimes
International audience [1] Polar Lows (PLs) are intense meso-cyclones forming in winter at high latitudes over open water. Using several datasets of PLs over the North Atlantic, the synoptic environment conducive to their development is determined. The 500 hPa geopotential height, the difference bet...
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International audience [1] Polar Lows (PLs) are intense meso-cyclones forming in winter at high latitudes over open water. Using several datasets of PLs over the North Atlantic, the synoptic environment conducive to their development is determined. The 500 hPa geopotential height, the difference between the sea surface temperature and the 500 hPa air temperature, the near-surface wind and air temperature, and the 300 hPa potential vorticity present significant anomaly patterns over large areas centered over PL genesis zones, suggesting cold air outbreaks and stratospheric intrusions. PLs develop within a northerly flow in the Norwegian Sea, a northeasterly flow in the Barents Sea and a westerly flow in the Labrador Sea. PLs form after a certain build-up, the outbreak day being marked by strong winds and PV intensification. The relationship between PLs and daily weather regimes over North Atlantic-Europe is then investigated. Regimes have a typical lifetime of 8-10 days, similar to the large-scale anomalies associated with PLs. Over the Norwegian and Barents seas from 1999 to 2011, 37% of PLs are observed during the Atlantic Ridge regime (AR) and 28% in the negative phase regime of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), whereas PL probability of occurrence is reduced by half for the positive phase of NAO and the Scandinavian blocking (SB) regimes. Over the Labrador Sea, most PLs occur during NAO+ while they are almost absent during NAO. Demonstrating the temporal variation of key factors based on an updated dataset and relating PLs to weather regimes will introduce novel and important elements in PL forecasting methodology. © 2013. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. |
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Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (UMR 8539) (LMD) Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-École polytechnique (X)-École des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Département des Géosciences - ENS Paris École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL) Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL) Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL) CERFACS Toulouse Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Norwegian Meteorological Institute Oslo (MET) Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory Nagoya (STEL) Nagoya University |
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Polar lows over the nordic and labrador seas: Synoptic circulation patterns and associations with north atlantic-europe wintertime weather regimes |
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Polar lows over the nordic and labrador seas: Synoptic circulation patterns and associations with north atlantic-europe wintertime weather regimes |
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Polar lows over the nordic and labrador seas: Synoptic circulation patterns and associations with north atlantic-europe wintertime weather regimes |
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Polar lows over the nordic and labrador seas: Synoptic circulation patterns and associations with north atlantic-europe wintertime weather regimes |
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Polar lows over the nordic and labrador seas: Synoptic circulation patterns and associations with north atlantic-europe wintertime weather regimes |
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polar lows over the nordic and labrador seas: synoptic circulation patterns and associations with north atlantic-europe wintertime weather regimes |
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ftunivnantes:oai:HAL:hal-01099386v1 2023-05-15T15:39:10+02:00 Polar lows over the nordic and labrador seas: Synoptic circulation patterns and associations with north atlantic-europe wintertime weather regimes Mallet, Paul-Etienne Claud, Chantal Cassou, C. Noer, G. Kodera, K. Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (UMR 8539) (LMD) Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-École polytechnique (X)-École des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Département des Géosciences - ENS Paris École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL) Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL) Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL) CERFACS Toulouse Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Norwegian Meteorological Institute Oslo (MET) Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory Nagoya (STEL) Nagoya University 2013 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01099386 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01099386/document https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01099386/file/jgrd.50246.pdf https://doi.org/10.1002/jgrd.50246 en eng HAL CCSD American Geophysical Union info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1002/jgrd.50246 hal-01099386 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01099386 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01099386/document https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01099386/file/jgrd.50246.pdf doi:10.1002/jgrd.50246 http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/licences/copyright/ info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 2169-897X EISSN: 2169-8996 Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01099386 Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, American Geophysical Union, 2013, 118 (6), pp.2455-2472. ⟨10.1002/jgrd.50246⟩ [SDU.STU.CL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Climatology [SDU.STU.ME]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Meteorology [SDU.STU.GL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Glaciology info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2013 ftunivnantes https://doi.org/10.1002/jgrd.50246 2022-10-11T23:21:21Z International audience [1] Polar Lows (PLs) are intense meso-cyclones forming in winter at high latitudes over open water. Using several datasets of PLs over the North Atlantic, the synoptic environment conducive to their development is determined. The 500 hPa geopotential height, the difference between the sea surface temperature and the 500 hPa air temperature, the near-surface wind and air temperature, and the 300 hPa potential vorticity present significant anomaly patterns over large areas centered over PL genesis zones, suggesting cold air outbreaks and stratospheric intrusions. PLs develop within a northerly flow in the Norwegian Sea, a northeasterly flow in the Barents Sea and a westerly flow in the Labrador Sea. PLs form after a certain build-up, the outbreak day being marked by strong winds and PV intensification. The relationship between PLs and daily weather regimes over North Atlantic-Europe is then investigated. Regimes have a typical lifetime of 8-10 days, similar to the large-scale anomalies associated with PLs. Over the Norwegian and Barents seas from 1999 to 2011, 37% of PLs are observed during the Atlantic Ridge regime (AR) and 28% in the negative phase regime of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), whereas PL probability of occurrence is reduced by half for the positive phase of NAO and the Scandinavian blocking (SB) regimes. Over the Labrador Sea, most PLs occur during NAO+ while they are almost absent during NAO. Demonstrating the temporal variation of key factors based on an updated dataset and relating PLs to weather regimes will introduce novel and important elements in PL forecasting methodology. © 2013. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. Article in Journal/Newspaper Barents Sea Labrador Sea North Atlantic North Atlantic oscillation Norwegian Sea Université de Nantes: HAL-UNIV-NANTES Barents Sea Norwegian Sea Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 118 6 2455 2472 |