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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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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.