The role of stratosphere-troposphere coupling in the occurrence of extreme winter cold spells over northern Europe

Extreme cold spells over Northern Europe during winter are examined in order to address the question to what degree and in which ways stratospheric dynamics may influence the state of the troposphere. The study is based on 500 years of a pre-industrial control simulation with a comprehensive global...

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Main Authors: Lorenzo Tomassini, Mark P. Baldwin, Felix Bunzel, Marco Giorgetta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2012-10-01
Series:Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
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Online Access:http://www.agu.org/journals/ms/ms1210/2012MS000177/