The Role of Arctic Sea Ice and Sea Surface Temperatures on the Cold 2015 February Over North America

• Published in: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
• Main Authors: Bellprat, Omar, Massonnet, François, Garcia-Serrano, Javier, Fuckar, Neven S., Guemas, Virginie, Doblas-Reyes, Francisco
• Other Authors: Barcelona Supercomputing Center
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Meteorological Society 2016
• Subjects: Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Energies; Climate change; Sea ice > Arctic regions; Artic sea ice; Temperatures; Anomalous flow; North America; Àrtida; Canvis climàtics; Arctic; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2117/100046; https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0159.1

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. This work was funded by the EU projects EUCLEIA (607085), SPECS (308378), and PRIMAVERA (641727). The authors are supported by the following fellowships: Bellprat (ESA Living planet, VERITAS-CCI), Massonnet and Fučkar (Juan de la Cierva), García-Serrano (Marie Currie, DPETNA, 655339), Guemas (Ramón y Cajal) The author thankfully acknowledges the computer resources, technical expertise, and assistance provided by the Red Española de Supercomputación. We further thank constructive comments from Martin Hoerling and three anonymous reviewers. Postprint (published version)