Preconditioning of Arctic Stratospheric Polar Vortex Shift Events
This study examines the preconditioning of events in which the Arctic stratospheric polar vortex shifts toward Eurasia (EUR events), North America (NA events), and the Atlantic (ATL events) using composite analysis. An increase in blocking days over northern Europe and a decrease in blocking days ov...
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American Meteorological Society
2018
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| author | Huang, J Tian, W Gray, L Zhang, J Li, Y Luo, J Tian, H |
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| description | This study examines the preconditioning of events in which the Arctic stratospheric polar vortex shifts toward Eurasia (EUR events), North America (NA events), and the Atlantic (ATL events) using composite analysis. An increase in blocking days over northern Europe and a decrease in blocking days over the Bering Strait favor the movement of the vortex toward Eurasia, while the opposite changes in blocking days over those regions favor the movement of the vortex toward North America. An increase in blocking days over the eastern North Atlantic and a decrease in blocking days over the Bering Strait are conducive to movement of the stratospheric polar vortex toward the Atlantic. These anomalous precursor blocking patterns are interpreted in terms of the anomalous zonal wave-1 or wave-2 planetary wave fluxes into the stratosphere that are known to influence the vortex position and strength. In addition, the polar vortex shift events are further classified into events with small and large polar vortex deformation, since the two types of events are likely to have a different impact at the surface. A significant difference in the zonal wave-2 heat flux into the lower stratosphere exists prior to the two types of events and this is linked to anomalous blocking patterns. This study further defines three types of tropospheric blocking events in which the spatial patterns of blocking frequency anomalies are similar to the blocking patterns prior to EUR, NA, and ATL events, respectively, and our reanalysis reveals that the polar vortex is indeed more likely to shift toward Eurasia, North America, and the Atlantic in the presence of the above three defined tropospheric blocking events. These shifts of the polar vortex toward Eurasia, North America, and the Atlantic lead to statistically significant negative height anomalies near the tropopause and corresponding surface cooling anomalies over these three regions. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:0ada12d5-0c02-43b3-8048-58300c9027f12022-03-26T09:26:16ZPreconditioning of Arctic Stratospheric Polar Vortex Shift EventsJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:0ada12d5-0c02-43b3-8048-58300c9027f1EnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordAmerican Meteorological Society2018Huang, JTian, WGray, LZhang, JLi, YLuo, JTian, HThis study examines the preconditioning of events in which the Arctic stratospheric polar vortex shifts toward Eurasia (EUR events), North America (NA events), and the Atlantic (ATL events) using composite analysis. An increase in blocking days over northern Europe and a decrease in blocking days over the Bering Strait favor the movement of the vortex toward Eurasia, while the opposite changes in blocking days over those regions favor the movement of the vortex toward North America. An increase in blocking days over the eastern North Atlantic and a decrease in blocking days over the Bering Strait are conducive to movement of the stratospheric polar vortex toward the Atlantic. These anomalous precursor blocking patterns are interpreted in terms of the anomalous zonal wave-1 or wave-2 planetary wave fluxes into the stratosphere that are known to influence the vortex position and strength. In addition, the polar vortex shift events are further classified into events with small and large polar vortex deformation, since the two types of events are likely to have a different impact at the surface. A significant difference in the zonal wave-2 heat flux into the lower stratosphere exists prior to the two types of events and this is linked to anomalous blocking patterns. This study further defines three types of tropospheric blocking events in which the spatial patterns of blocking frequency anomalies are similar to the blocking patterns prior to EUR, NA, and ATL events, respectively, and our reanalysis reveals that the polar vortex is indeed more likely to shift toward Eurasia, North America, and the Atlantic in the presence of the above three defined tropospheric blocking events. These shifts of the polar vortex toward Eurasia, North America, and the Atlantic lead to statistically significant negative height anomalies near the tropopause and corresponding surface cooling anomalies over these three regions. |
| spellingShingle | Huang, J Tian, W Gray, L Zhang, J Li, Y Luo, J Tian, H Preconditioning of Arctic Stratospheric Polar Vortex Shift Events |
| title | Preconditioning of Arctic Stratospheric Polar Vortex Shift Events |
| title_full | Preconditioning of Arctic Stratospheric Polar Vortex Shift Events |
| title_fullStr | Preconditioning of Arctic Stratospheric Polar Vortex Shift Events |
| title_full_unstemmed | Preconditioning of Arctic Stratospheric Polar Vortex Shift Events |
| title_short | Preconditioning of Arctic Stratospheric Polar Vortex Shift Events |
| title_sort | preconditioning of arctic stratospheric polar vortex shift events |
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