Articles | Volume 2, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-2-433-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-2-433-2021
Research article
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12 May 2021
Research article |  | 12 May 2021

Subseasonal prediction of springtime Pacific–North American transport using upper-level wind forecasts

John R. Albers, Amy H. Butler, Melissa L. Breeden, Andrew O. Langford, and George N. Kiladis

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Computational and Information Systems Laboratory Research Data Archive at the National Center for Atmospheric Research https://doi.org/10.5065/D6HH6H41

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Weather variability controls the transport of ozone from the stratosphere to the Earth’s surface and water vapor from oceanic source regions to continental land masses. Forecasting these types of transport has high societal value because of the negative impacts of ozone on human health and the role of water vapor in governing precipitation variability. We use upper-level wind forecasts to assess the potential for predicting ozone and water vapor transport 3–6 weeks ahead of time.