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On the Systematic Occurrence of Compound Cold Spells in North America and Wet or Windy Extremes in Europe

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The repeated co-occurrence of cold spells over Eastern North America and wet or windy extremes over Western Continental Europe during recent winters, has led to hypothesise a link between the two. Here, we analyse the interplay between the large-scale atmospheric circulation and co-occurring cold spells in North America and wet or windy extremes in Europe. We collectively term these occurrences compound cold–wet–windy extremes. We leverage a recent approach grounded in dynamical systems theory, which provides an analytically and computationally efficient analysis of spatially resolved, multivariate climate extremes. We find that there are specific, recurrent large-scale atmospheric circulation patterns systematically associated with both the individual extremes and co-occurring cold–wet–windy anomalies. Evidence for this is also found when focussing on compound cold–wet–windy extremes, although with a weaker signal. This motivates further analyses focussing specifically on the statistics and drivers of these compound extreme occurrences.
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hal-03764706 , version 1 (30-08-2022)
hal-03764706 , version 2 (17-02-2023)

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Gabriele Messori, Davide Faranda. On the Systematic Occurrence of Compound Cold Spells in North America and Wet or Windy Extremes in Europe. Geophysical Research Letters, 2023, 50 (7), ⟨10.1029/2022GL101008⟩. ⟨hal-03764706v2⟩
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