Abstract: The nature of extratropical tropospheric low-frequency variability remains an important, unresolved problem in the overall dynamics of the climate system. Primarily, this is due to the complexity of dynamics operating on ...

Abstract: The relative effects of dynamics and surface thermal interactions in determining the heat flux and temperature fluctuations within the lower-tropospheric portion of the Pacific storm track are quantified using the probability ...

Abstract: Meridional asymmetry arising from the inclusion of meridional variation in the Coriolis parameter is shown to be a fundamental property of the higher-order dynamics of Eady edge waves. This asymmetry may be relevant to ...

Abstract: All meteorological analyzed fields contain errors, the magnitude of which ultimately determines the point at which a given forecast will fail. Here, the authors explore the extent to which analysis difference fields capture ...

Abstract: Longitudinal variations in the upper-tropospheric time-mean flow strongly modulate the structure and amplitude of upper-tropospheric eddies. This barotropic modulation is studied using simple models of wave propagation ...

Abstract: The study of networks has recently exploded into a major research tool in many areas of science. The discovery of ?small world? and scale-free networks has led to many new insights about the collective behavior of a large ...

Abstract: This research examines whether an adequate representation of flow features on the synoptic scale allows for the skillful inference of mesoscale precipitating systems. The focus is on the specific problem of landfalling ...

Abstract: This paper reviews the current state of observational, theoretical, and modeling knowledge of the midlatitude storm tracks of the Northern Hemisphere cool season. Observed storm track structures and variations form the ...