An interdisciplinary approach to the study of extreme weather events: Large-scale atmospheric controls and insights from dynamical systems theory and statistical mechanics

Gabriele Messori, Rodrigo Caballero, Freddy Bouchet, Davide Faranda, Richard Grotjahn, Nili Harnik, Steve Jewson, Joaquim G. Pinto, Gwendal Rivière, Tim Woollings, Pascal Yiou

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Abstract

The workshop on 'Large-Scale Atmospheric Controls of Extreme Weather Events and Novel Predictability Pathways' gathered speakers with a wide range of backgrounds to foster such cross-disciplinary interactions. A specific focus was on identifying novel analysis techniques to describe large-scale atmospheric flows and their links to extreme weather events. Tim Woollings analyzed the eddy-driven jet stream's variability on daily to decadal time scales. He showed a complex interplay between these time scales, with decadal variations in jet speed modulating the shorter-term variability in the jet's latitudinal location. Lynn McMurdie focused in more detail on intense precipitation events associated with extratropical cyclones.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)ES81-ES85
JournalBulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Volume99
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2018

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Atmospheric Science

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