Twentieth century North Atlantic jet variability

Journal article

Long records of the latitude and speed of the North Atlantic eddy-driven jet stream since 1871 are presented from the newly available Twentieth Century Reanalysis. These jet variations underlie the variability associated with patterns such as the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and have considerable societal impact through variations in the prevailing westerly winds. While the NAO combines variations in the latitude and speed of the jet, these two characteristics are shown to have quite diff...

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Authors: Woollings, T; Czuchnicki, C; Franzke, C

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY
• Volume: 140
• Issue: 680
• Pages: 783-791
• Publication date: 2014-04-01
• DOI: 10.1002/qj.2197
• EISSN: 1477-870X
• ISSN: 0035-9009
• Keywords: jet variability; NAO; climate noise; regime behaviour; reanalysis