Arctic meltdown and unruly tropical storms: are they connected?

Figures & data

Figure 1. Atmospheric conditions during Hurricane Sandy’s transit along the eastern seaboard of the United States, including the invasion of cold Arctic air into the middle latitudes of North America and the high-pressure blocking pattern in the northwest Atlantic⁶.

Woolings, T., D. Barriopedro, J. Methven, S.-W. Son, O. Martius, B. Harvey, J. Sillmann, A. R. Lupo, and S. Seneviratne. 2018. Blocking and its response to climate change. Current Climate Change Reports 4 (3):287–300. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s40641-018-0108-z.

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