Impact of the winter polar vortex on greater North America

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• Journal Title:
  International Journal of Climatology
• Personal Author:
  Overland, James E. ; Wang, Muyin
• NOAA Program & Office:
  OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) ; JISAO (Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean) ; PMEL (Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory)
• Description:
  Winter weather in the subarctic and lower latitudes can be influenced by therepositioning of the polar vortex away from being centred near the North Pole, exten- ding over regional locations of subarctic continents. One example was the “Beast from the East ”event in Eurasia in March 2018, which brought snow to much of Europe. We are interested in extended (week to a m onth) North American weather events, and especially the impacts from a location of th e polar vortex centre over and near Green- land. For a tropospheric polar vortex locatio n index, we use low 500 hPa geopotential
• Keywords:
  Atmospheric Science
• Source:
  International Journal of Climatology, 39(15), 5815-5821
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.6174
• ISSN:
  0899-8418 ; 1097-0088
• Format:
  PDF
• Publisher:
  Wiley
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  Grant no. NA15OAR4320063
• License:
  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
• Rights Information:
  CC BY-NC
• Compliance:
  Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:e8dc0bbf82cdb7b23727791b5af7e85b878febd8b454c55ffb7fbc16d843031e
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/54285/noaa_54285_DS1.pdf
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