Towards a holistic understanding of blocked regime dynamics through a combination of complementary diagnostic perspectives

Hauser, Seraphine; Teubler, Franziska; Riemer, Michael; Knippertz, Peter; Grams, Christian M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-4-399-2023

Articles | Volume 4, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-4-399-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-4-399-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 4, issue 2

Research article

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11 May 2023

Research article |

| 11 May 2023

Towards a holistic understanding of blocked regime dynamics through a combination of complementary diagnostic perspectives

Seraphine Hauser, Franziska Teubler, Michael Riemer, Peter Knippertz, and Christian M. Grams

Data sets

ERA5 hourly data on pressure levels from 1940 to present H. Hersbach, B. Bell, P. Berrisford, G. Biavati, A. Horányi, J. Muñoz Sabater, J. Nicolas, C. Peubey, R. Radu, I. Rozum, D. Schepers, A. Simmons, C. Soci, D. Dee, and J.-N. Thépaut https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.bd0915c6

Short summary

Blocking describes a flow configuration in the midlatitudes where stationary high-pressure systems block the propagation of weather systems. This study combines three individual perspectives that capture the dynamics and importance of various processes in the formation of a major blocking in 2016 from a weather regime perspective. In future work, this framework will enable a holistic view of the dynamics and the role of moist processes in different life cycle stages of blocked weather regimes.