Abstract: The possible role of stratospheric variability on the tropospheric teleconnection between El Niño?Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the North Atlantic and European (NAE) region is addressed by comparing results from two ...

Abstract: irtually all metrics of Atlantic tropical cyclone activity show substantial increases over the past two decades. It is argued here that cooling near the tropical tropopause and the associated decrease in tropical cyclone ...

Abstract: n this paper, Northern Hemisphere winter blocking is analyzed through the introduction of a set of new bidimensional diagnostics based on geopotential height that provide information about the occurrence, the duration, the ...