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https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-151-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-151-2025
Research article
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31 Jan 2025
Research article |  | 31 Jan 2025

Frequency anomalies and characteristics of extratropical cyclones during extremely wet, dry, windy, and calm seasons in the extratropics

Hanin Binder and Heini Wernli

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This study presents a systematic analysis of frequency anomalies and characteristics of extratropical cyclones during extremely wet, dry, windy, and calm winter and summer seasons in the extratropics based on 1050 years of present-day climate simulations. We show that anomalies in cyclone frequency, intensity, and stationarity are crucial to the occurrence of many extreme seasons and that these anomaly patterns exhibit substantial regional and seasonal variability.
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