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Dim Coumou
Atmospheric Sciences
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Open AccessHuman influence on the recent weakening of storm tracks in boreal summer
Anthropogenic warming can alter large-scale circulation patterns in the atmosphere, which could have serious consequences for regional climate impacts and extreme weather. Observed thermodynamic changes in bor...
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Open AccessThe role of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation and ocean-atmosphere interactions in driving US temperature predictability
Heatwaves can have devastating impact on society and reliable early warnings at several weeks lead time are needed. Previous studies showed that north-Pacific sea surface temperatures (SST) can provide long-le...
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Open AccessAuthor Correction: Increasing heat and rainfall extremes now far outside the historical climate
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Open AccessIncreasing heat and rainfall extremes now far outside the historical climate
Over the last decade, the world warmed by 0.25 °C, in-line with the roughly linear trend since the 1970s. Here we present updated analyses showing that this seemingly small shift has led to the emergence of he...
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Sub-synoptic circulation variability in the Himalayan extreme precipitation event during June 2013
This study investigates the sub-synoptic scale circulation aspects associated with the extreme rainfall event occurred over the North Indian state of Uttarakhand located in the western Himalayas (WH) during th...
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Open AccessThe different stratospheric influence on cold-extremes in Eurasia and North America
The stratospheric polar vortex can influence the tropospheric circulation and thereby winter weather in the mid-latitudes. Weak vortex states, often associated with sudden stratospheric warmings (SSW), have be...
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Erratum to: increased record-breaking precipitation events under global warming
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Increased record-breaking precipitation events under global warming
In the last decade record-breaking rainfall events have occurred in many places around the world causing severe impacts to human society and the environment including agricultural losses and floodings. There i...
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Global increase in record-breaking monthly-mean temperatures
The last decade has produced record-breaking heat waves in many parts of the world. At the same time, it was globally the warmest since sufficient measurements started in the 19th century. Here we show that, w...
