Impact on predictability of tropical and mid-latitude cyclones by extra Arctic observations.

ABSTRACT: Recent research has demonstrated that additional winter radiosonde observations in Arctic regions enhance the predictability of mid-latitude weather extremes by reducing uncertainty in the flow of localised tropopause polar vortices. The impacts of additional Arctic observations during summer are usually confined to high latitudes and they are difficult to realize at mid-latitudes because of the limited scale of localised tropopause polar vortices. However, in certain climatic states, the jet stream can intrude remarkably into the mid-latitudes, even in summer; thus, additional Arctic observations might improve analysis validity and forecast skill for summer atmospheric circulations over the Northern Hemisphere. This study examined such cases that occurred in 2016 by focusing on the predic

SUBMITTER: Sato K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6092335 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature