Collaborative impact of the NAO and atmospheric blocking on European heatwaves, with a focus on the hot summer of 2018

Two intense heatwaves of July and early August 2018 are found to be associated with a European blocking (EB) event accompanied by a series of consecutive positive North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO ^+ ) events. Further analyses show that the collaborative role of an EB event and its upstream NAO ^+ pat...

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Main Authors: Muyuan Li, Yao Yao, Ian Simmonds, Dehai Luo, Linhao Zhong, Xiaodan Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2020-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aba6ad