WAS THE COLD EASTERN US WINTER OF 2014 DUE TO INCREASED VARIABILITY?

被引:17
作者
Trenary, Laurie [1 ,2 ]
DelSole, Timothy [1 ,2 ]
Tippett, Michael K. [3 ,4 ]
Doty, Brian [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] George Mason Univ, Fairfax, VA 22030 USA
[2] Ctr Ocean Land Atmosphere Studies, Fairfax, VA USA
[3] Columbia Univ, Dept Appl Phys & Appl Math, New York, NY USA
[4] King Abdulaziz Univ, Dept Meteorol, Ctr Excellence Climate Change Res, Jeddah 21413, Saudi Arabia
基金
美国国家航空航天局; 美国海洋和大气管理局; 美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
ARCTIC AMPLIFICATION;
D O I
10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00138.1
中图分类号
P4 [大气科学(气象学)];
学科分类号
0706 ; 070601 ;
摘要
The near-record number of extremely cold days during winter 2014 in the eastern United States cannot be attributed to trends or variability changes. Daily temperature variability is actually decreasing, in contrast to CMIP5 simulations and projections. © 2015 American Meteorological Society.
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页码:S15 / S19
页数:5
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