Articles | Volume 6, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-521-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-521-2025
Research article
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14 May 2025
Research article |  | 14 May 2025

Dynamics of stratospheric wave reflection over the North Pacific

Michael K. Schutte, Alice Portal, Simon H. Lee, and Gabriele Messori

Data sets

ERA5 hourly data on pressure levels from 1940 to present H. Hersbach et al. https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.bd0915c6

Data for "A New Year-Round Weather Regime Classification for North America" S. H. Lee et al. https://zenodo.org/records/8165165

Data for "Stratospheric Downward Wave Reflection Events Modulate North American Weather Regimes and Cold Spells" S. H. Lee et al. https://zenodo.org/records/10839643

Space-time spectra of Northern Hemispheric Rossby waves at tropospheric and stratospheric levels during extended winter J. Riboldi and M. Schutte https://doi.org/10.57804/1dne-qk60

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Short summary
Large-scale motions in the atmosphere, namely atmospheric waves, greatly impact the weather that we experience at the Earth's surface. Here we investigate how waves in the troposphere (the lower 10 km of the atmosphere) and the stratosphere (above the troposphere) interact to affect surface weather. We find that tropospheric waves that are reflected back down by the stratosphere change weather patterns and temperatures in North America. These changes can indirectly affect the weather in Europe.
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