Weather and Climate Dynamics
Weather and Climate Dynamics
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Articles | Volume 4, issue 4
Articles | Volume 4, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-4-943-2023
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https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-4-943-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 4, issue 4
Research article
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06 Nov 2023
Research article |  | 06 Nov 2023

Cold wintertime air masses over Europe: where do they come from and how do they form?

Tiina Nygård, Lukas Papritz, Tuomas Naakka, and Timo Vihma

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Despite the general warming trend, wintertime cold-air outbreaks in Europe have remained nearly as extreme and as common as decades ago. In this study, we identify six principal cold anomaly types over Europe in 1979–2020. We show the origins of various physical processes and their contributions to the formation of cold wintertime air masses.
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