Articles | Volume 2, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-2-1303-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-2-1303-2021
Research article
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23 Dec 2021
Research article |  | 23 Dec 2021

The role of tropopause polar vortices in the intensification of summer Arctic cyclones

Suzanne L. Gray, Kevin I. Hodges, Jonathan L. Vautrey, and John Methven

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on wcd-2021-30', Anonymous Referee #1, 13 Jun 2021
  • RC2: 'Comment on wcd-2021-30', Anonymous Referee #2, 06 Jul 2021
  • RC3: 'Comment on wcd-2021-30', Anonymous Referee #3, 07 Jul 2021
  • AC1: 'Response to reviewers', Suzanne L. Gray, 12 Aug 2021

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision
AR by Suzanne L. Gray on behalf of the Authors (12 Aug 2021)  Author's response    Author's tracked changes    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (17 Aug 2021) by Stephan Pfahl
RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (02 Sep 2021)
ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (06 Sep 2021) by Stephan Pfahl
AR by Suzanne L. Gray on behalf of the Authors (01 Nov 2021)  Author's response    Author's tracked changes    Manuscript
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (05 Nov 2021) by Stephan Pfahl
AR by Suzanne L. Gray on behalf of the Authors (15 Nov 2021)  Author's response    Author's tracked changes    Manuscript
ED: Publish as is (18 Nov 2021) by Stephan Pfahl
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Short summary
This research demonstrates, using feature identification and tracking, that anticlockwise rotating vortices at about 7 km altitude called tropopause polar vortices frequently interact with storms developing in the Arctic region, affecting their structure and where they occur. This interaction has implications for the predictability of Arctic weather, given the long lifetime but a relatively small spatial scale of these vortices compared with the density of the polar observation network.