On the movement of atmospheric blocking systems and the associated temperature responses

van Mourik, Jonna; de Vries, Hylke; Baatsen, Michiel

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-413-2025

Articles | Volume 6, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-413-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-413-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 6, issue 2

Research article

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16 Apr 2025

Research article |

| 16 Apr 2025

On the movement of atmospheric blocking systems and the associated temperature responses

Jonna van Mourik, Hylke de Vries, and Michiel Baatsen

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-413-2025-supplement

Data sets

Data for paper "On the movement of atmospheric blocking systems and the associated temperature responses" Jonna van Mourik et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14764230

ERA5 hourly data on single levels from 1940 to present H. Hersbach et al. https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.adbb2d47

Model code and software

Data for paper "On the movement of atmospheric blocking systems and the associated temperature responses" Jonna van Mourik et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14764230

Short summary

Atmospheric blocking events are quasi-stationary high-pressure areas with large influences on our weather. In this study, we show the wide variety of zonal velocities possible for atmospheric blocking under the most used blocking indices. These include not only stationary blocks, but also eastward- and westward-moving blocks. These respective moving blocks are found to have different characteristics in size and location and have different impacts on our surface temperatures.