Winter Weather Patterns over Northern Eurasia and Arctic Sea Ice Loss

• Published in: Monthly weather review Vol. 141; no. 11; pp. 3786 - 3800
• Main Authors: Wu, Bingyi, Handorf, Dörthe, Dethloff, Klaus, Rinke, Annette, Hu, Aixue
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA American Meteorological Society 01.11.2013
• Subjects: Air temperature; Atmosphere; Climatology; Cold; Cyclones; Earth, ocean, space; East Asia; Exact sciences and technology; External geophysics; Extreme weather; Kinetic energy; Latitude; Marine; Meteorology; Sea ice; Snow; Surface temperature; Temperature; Trends; Weather; Weather patterns; Wind; Winter; Asia; Eurasia; Europe; Japan; Arctic Ocean; Southern Europe; Far East; Central Asia; East Asia; Arctic region; INW, Asia; ANE, Europe; PN, Arctic; PNE, Eurasia; INW, Japan; High latitude; Mid latitude; Total energy; trend-surface analysis; Anticyclone; Wind field; kinetic energy; Autumn; atmospheric precipitation; Extreme event; Surface temperature; East Asia; anomalies; intensity; Atmospheric temperature; Winter; extreme value; winds; sea ice; Reanalysis; Polar region

Using NCEP–NCAR reanalysis and Japanese 25-yr Reanalysis (JRA-25) winter daily (1 December–28 February) data for the period 1979–2012, this paper reveals the leading pattern of winter daily 850-hPa wind variability over northern Eurasia from a dynamic perspective. The results show that the leading p...