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Research article
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24 Aug 2020
Research article |
| 24 Aug 2020
| 24 Aug 2020
The sensitivity of atmospheric blocking to upstream latent heating – numerical experiments
Daniel Steinfeld
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Maxi Boettcher
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Richard Forbes
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Reading, United Kingdom
Stephan Pfahl
Institute of Meteorology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Short summary
The effect of latent heating on atmospheric blocking is investigated using numerical sensitivity experiments. The modification of latent heating in the upstream cyclone has substantial effects on the upper-tropospheric circulation, demonstrating that some blocking systems do not develop at all without upstream latent heating. The results highlight the importance of moist-diabatic processes for the dynamics of prolonged anticyclonic circulation anomalies.
The effect of latent heating on atmospheric blocking is investigated using numerical sensitivity...
