Sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) events have been suggested to be followed by a surface impact, though this response varies between events. Using reanalysis data, we identify two types of tropospheric responses to SSWs: Two thirds of the SSW events are dominated by a zonally symmetric tropospheric response with an equatorward shift of the jet in the Atlantic, consistent with the canonical SSW response in the form of a negative signature of the North Atlantic Oscillation. For the remaining third of SSW events, a zonally asymmetric response is found, associated with a poleward shift of the jet in the Atlantic. The Pacific is found to contribute to the sign of the North Atlantic response, as synoptic wave propagation from the Eastern Pacific links the Pacific and Atlantic storm tracks for both equatorward and poleward jet responses.
%0 Journal Article
%1 afargangerstman2020pacific
%A Afargan-Gerstman, Hilla
%A Domeisen, Daniela I. V.
%D 2020
%I American Geophysical Union (AGU)
%J Geophysical Research Letters
%K MyStratTropWork dynamics nao ssw stormtracks stratosphere
%N 2
%R 10.1029/2019gl085007
%T Pacific Modulation of the North Atlantic Storm Track Response to Sudden Stratospheric Warming Events
%U https://doi.org/10.1029/2019gl085007
%V 47
%X Sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) events have been suggested to be followed by a surface impact, though this response varies between events. Using reanalysis data, we identify two types of tropospheric responses to SSWs: Two thirds of the SSW events are dominated by a zonally symmetric tropospheric response with an equatorward shift of the jet in the Atlantic, consistent with the canonical SSW response in the form of a negative signature of the North Atlantic Oscillation. For the remaining third of SSW events, a zonally asymmetric response is found, associated with a poleward shift of the jet in the Atlantic. The Pacific is found to contribute to the sign of the North Atlantic response, as synoptic wave propagation from the Eastern Pacific links the Pacific and Atlantic storm tracks for both equatorward and poleward jet responses.
@article{afargangerstman2020pacific,
abstract = {Sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) events have been suggested to be followed by a surface impact, though this response varies between events. Using reanalysis data, we identify two types of tropospheric responses to SSWs: Two thirds of the SSW events are dominated by a zonally symmetric tropospheric response with an equatorward shift of the jet in the Atlantic, consistent with the canonical SSW response in the form of a negative signature of the North Atlantic Oscillation. For the remaining third of SSW events, a zonally asymmetric response is found, associated with a poleward shift of the jet in the Atlantic. The Pacific is found to contribute to the sign of the North Atlantic response, as synoptic wave propagation from the Eastern Pacific links the Pacific and Atlantic storm tracks for both equatorward and poleward jet responses.},
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author = {Afargan-Gerstman, Hilla and Domeisen, Daniela I. V.},
biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/27e01d759c3d1f94eeace7ecd540bd2d3/pbett},
doi = {10.1029/2019gl085007},
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journal = {Geophysical Research Letters},
keywords = {MyStratTropWork dynamics nao ssw stormtracks stratosphere},
month = jan,
number = 2,
publisher = {American Geophysical Union ({AGU})},
timestamp = {2020-05-20T15:04:59.000+0200},
title = {Pacific Modulation of the North Atlantic Storm Track Response to Sudden Stratospheric Warming Events},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1029/2019gl085007},
volume = 47,
year = 2020
}