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22 Oct 2024
QBOi El Nino Southern Oscillation experiments Part I: Overview of experiment design and ENSO modulation of the QBO
Yoshio Kawatani, Kevin Hamilton, Shingo Watanabe, James A. Anstey, Jadwiga H. Richter, Neal Butchart, Clara Orbe, Scott M. Osprey, Hiroaki Naoe, Dillon Elsbury, Chih-Chieh Chen, Javier García-Serrano, Anne Glanville, Tobias Kerzenmacher, François Lott, Froila M. Palmerio, Mijeong Park, Federico Serva, Masakazu Taguchi, Stefan Versick, and Kohei Yoshioda
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3270,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3270, 2024
Revised manuscript accepted for WCD (discussion: final response, 10 comments)
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16 May 2025
Understanding concurrent heatwaves from a meridional heat transport perspective
Valerio Lembo, Gabriele Messori, Davide Faranda, Vera Melinda Galfi, Rune Grand Graversen, and Flavio Emanuele Pons
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-2189,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-2189, 2025
Preprint under review for WCD (discussion: final response, 8 comments)
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09 Jan 2025
Western disturbances and climate variability: a review of recent developments
Kieran M. R. Hunt, Jean-Philippe Baudouin, Andrew G. Turner, A. P. Dimri, Ghulam Jeelani, Pooja, Rajib Chattopadhyay, Forest Cannon, T. Arulalan, M. S. Shekhar, T. P. Sabin, and Eliza Palazzi
Weather Clim. Dynam., 6, 43–112, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-43-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-43-2025, 2025
Final revised paper published in WCD (8 comments)
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16 Dec 2024
Physical Processes Leading to Extreme day-to-day Temperatures Changes, Part I: Present-day Climate
Kalpana Hamal and Stephan Pfahl
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3732,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3732, 2024
Revised manuscript accepted for WCD (discussion: final response, 8 comments)
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24 Oct 2024
The importance of diabatic processes for the dynamics of synoptic-scale extratropical weather systems – a review
Heini Wernli and Suzanne L. Gray
Weather Clim. Dynam., 5, 1299–1408, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-5-1299-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-5-1299-2024, 2024
Final revised paper published in WCD (8 comments)
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07 Mar 2025
A climatological characterization of North Atlantic winter jet streaks and their extremes
Mona Bukenberger, Lena Fasnacht, Stefan Rüdisühli, and Sebastian Schemm
Weather Clim. Dynam., 6, 279–316, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-279-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-279-2025, 2025
Final revised paper published in WCD (7 comments)
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30 Sep 2024
A simple model linking radiative–convective instability, convective aggregation and large-scale dynamics
Matthew Davison and Peter Haynes
Weather Clim. Dynam., 5, 1153–1185, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-5-1153-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-5-1153-2024, 2024
Final revised paper published in WCD (7 comments)
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18 Jun 2025
Extreme Mediterranean cyclones and associated variables in an atmosphere-only vs. an ocean-coupled regional model
Marco Chericoni, Giorgia Fosser, Emmanouil Flaounas, Gianmaria Sannino, and Alessandro Anav
Weather Clim. Dynam., 6, 627–643, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-627-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-627-2025, 2025
Final revised paper published in WCD (6 comments)
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04 Jun 2025
Saharan warm-air intrusions in the western Mediterranean: identification, impacts on temperature extremes, and large-scale mechanisms
Pep Cos, Matias Olmo, Diego Campos, Raül Marcos-Matamoros, Lluís Palma, Ángel G. Muñoz, and Francisco J. Doblas-Reyes
Weather Clim. Dynam., 6, 609–626, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-609-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-609-2025, 2025
Final revised paper published in WCD (6 comments)
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03 Jun 2025
Minimal influence of future Arctic sea ice loss on North Atlantic jet stream morphology
Yvonne Anderson, Jacob Perez, and Amanda C. Maycock
Weather Clim. Dynam., 6, 595–608, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-595-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-595-2025, 2025
Final revised paper published in WCD (6 comments)
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21 May 2025
Weather type reconstruction using machine learning approaches
Lucas Pfister, Lena Wilhelm, Yuri Brugnara, Noemi Imfeld, and Stefan Brönnimann
Weather Clim. Dynam., 6, 571–594, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-571-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-571-2025, 2025
Final revised paper published in WCD (6 comments)
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16 May 2025
Temporally and zonally varying atmospheric waveguides – climatologies and connections to quasi-stationary waves
Rachel H. White and Lualawi Mareshet Admasu
Weather Clim. Dynam., 6, 549–570, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-549-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-549-2025, 2025
Final revised paper published in WCD (6 comments)
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26 Mar 2025
QBOi El Niño Southern Oscillation experiments: Teleconnections of the QBO
Hiroaki Naoe, Jorge L. Garcia-Franco, Chang-Hyun Park, Mario Rodrigo, Froila M. Palmeiro, Federico Serva, Masakazu Taguchi, Kohei Yoshida, James A. Anstey, Javier Garcia-Serrano, Seok-Woo Son, Yoshio Kawatani, Neal Butchart, Kevin Hamilton, Chih-Chieh Chen, Anne Glanville, Tobias Kerzenmacher, Francois Lott, Clara Orbe, Scott Osprey, Mijeong Park, Jadwiga H. Richter, Stefan Versick, and Shingo Watanabe
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1148,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1148, 2025
Preprint under review for WCD (discussion: final response, 6 comments)
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18 Mar 2025
An idealized model for the spatial structure of the eddy-driven Ferrel cell in mid-latitudes
Woosok Moon, Seung Pyo Lee, Elian Vanderborght, Georgy Manucharyan, and Henk Dijkstra
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1004,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1004, 2025
Revised manuscript under review for WCD (discussion: final response, 6 comments)
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07 Mar 2025
The impact of tropospheric blockings on duration of the sudden stratospheric warmings in boreal winter 2023/24
Ekaterina Vorobeva and Yvan Orsolini
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-976,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-976, 2025
Revised manuscript accepted for WCD (discussion: final response, 6 comments)
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20 Dec 2024
Detection and consequences of atmospheric deserts: insights from a case study
Fiona Fix, Georg Mayr, Achim Zeileis, Isabell Stucke, and Reto Stauffer
Weather Clim. Dynam., 5, 1545–1560, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-5-1545-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-5-1545-2024, 2024
Final revised paper published in WCD (6 comments)
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04 Dec 2024
Concurrent Bering Sea and Labrador Sea ice melt extremes in March 2023: a confluence of meteorological events aligned with stratosphere–troposphere interactions
Thomas J. Ballinger, Kent Moore, Qinghua Ding, Amy H. Butler, James E. Overland, Richard L. Thoman, Ian Baxter, Zhe Li, and Edward Hanna
Weather Clim. Dynam., 5, 1473–1488, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-5-1473-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-5-1473-2024, 2024
Final revised paper published in WCD (6 comments)
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24 Jun 2025
An object-based and Lagrangian view on an intense hailstorm day in Switzerland as represented in COSMO-1E ensemble hindcast simulations
Killian P. Brennan, Michael Sprenger, André Walser, Marco Arpagaus, and Heini Wernli
Weather Clim. Dynam., 6, 645–668, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-645-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-645-2025, 2025
Final revised paper published in WCD (5 comments)
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22 Apr 2025
On the role of moist and dry processes in atmospheric blocking biases in the Euro-Atlantic region in CMIP6
Edgar Dolores-Tesillos, Olivia Martius, and Julian Quinting
Weather Clim. Dynam., 6, 471–487, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-471-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-471-2025, 2025
Final revised paper published in WCD (5 comments)
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16 Apr 2025
Physical drivers and trends of the recent delayed withdrawal of the Southwest Monsoon over Mainland Indochina
Kyaw Than Oo, Chen Haishan, Kazora Jonah, and Du Xinguan
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1159,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1159, 2025
Preprint under review for WCD (discussion: open, 5 comments)
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11 Apr 2025
An ERA5 climatology of synoptic-scale negative potential vorticity–jet interactions over the western North Atlantic
Alexander Lojko, Andrew C. Winters, Annika Oertel, Christiane Jablonowski, and Ashley E. Payne
Weather Clim. Dynam., 6, 387–411, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-387-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-387-2025, 2025
Final revised paper published in WCD (5 comments)
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10 Apr 2025
The Role of Topography, Land and Sea Surface Temperature on Quasi-Stationary Waves in Northern Hemisphere Winter: Insights from CAM6 Simulations
Cuiyi Fei and Rachel H. White
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1462,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1462, 2025
Revised manuscript under review for WCD (discussion: final response, 5 comments)
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05 Mar 2025
Atmospheric mixed Rossby–gravity waves over the tropical Pacific during the austral summer
Hugo A. Braga and Victor Magaña
Weather Clim. Dynam., 6, 265–277, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-265-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-265-2025, 2025
Final revised paper published in WCD (5 comments)
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07 Feb 2025
A process-based evaluation of biases in extratropical stratosphere–troposphere coupling in subseasonal forecast systems
Chaim I. Garfinkel, Zachary D. Lawrence, Amy H. Butler, Etienne Dunn-Sigouin, Irene Erner, Alexey Y. Karpechko, Gerbrand Koren, Marta Abalos, Blanca Ayarzagüena, David Barriopedro, Natalia Calvo, Alvaro de la Cámara, Andrew Charlton-Perez, Judah Cohen, Daniela I. V. Domeisen, Javier García-Serrano, Neil P. Hindley, Martin Jucker, Hera Kim, Robert W. Lee, Simon H. Lee, Marisol Osman, Froila M. Palmeiro, Inna Polichtchouk, Jian Rao, Jadwiga H. Richter, Chen Schwartz, Seok-Woo Son, Masakazu Taguchi, Nicholas L. Tyrrell, Corwin J. Wright, and Rachel W.-Y. Wu
Weather Clim. Dynam., 6, 171–195, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-171-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-171-2025, 2025
Final revised paper published in WCD (5 comments)
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14 Jan 2025
Summer Greenland Blocking in observations and in SEAS5.1 seasonal forecasts: robust trend or natural variability?
Johanna Beckmann, Giorgia Di Capua, and Paolo Davini
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3998,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3998, 2025
Preprint under review for WCD (discussion: final response, 5 comments)
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05 Nov 2024
The impact of preceding convection on the development of Medicane Ianos and the sensitivity to sea surface temperature
Claudio Sánchez, Suzanne Gray, Ambrogio Volonté, Florian Pantillon, Ségolène Berthou, and Silvio Davolio
Weather Clim. Dynam., 5, 1429–1455, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-5-1429-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-5-1429-2024, 2024
Final revised paper published in WCD (5 comments)
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04 Nov 2024
Linking Weather Regimes to the Variability of Warm-Season Tornado Activity over the United States
Matthew Graber, Zhuo Wang, and Robert J. Trapp
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3216,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3216, 2024
Revised manuscript accepted for WCD (discussion: final response, 5 comments)
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04 Sep 2024
A new characterisation of the North Atlantic eddy-driven jet using two-dimensional moment analysis
Jacob Perez, Amanda C. Maycock, Stephen D. Griffiths, Steven C. Hardiman, and Christine M. McKenna
Weather Clim. Dynam., 5, 1061–1078, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-5-1061-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-5-1061-2024, 2024
Final revised paper published in WCD (5 comments)
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23 Jul 2025
Long vs. short: understanding the dynamics of persistent summer hot spells in Europe
Duncan Pappert, Alexandre Tuel, Dim Coumou, Mathieu Vrac, and Olivia Martius
Weather Clim. Dynam., 6, 769–788, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-769-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-769-2025, 2025
Final revised paper published in WCD (4 comments)
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17 Jul 2025
Data-driven discovery of mechanisms underlying present and near-future precipitation changes and variability in Brazil
Márcia Talita A. Marques, Maria Luiza Kovalski, Gabriel M. P. Perez, Thomas C. M. Martin, Edson L. S. Y. Barbosa, Pedro Augusto S. M. Ribeiro, and Roilan H. Valdes
Weather Clim. Dynam., 6, 757–767, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-757-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-757-2025, 2025
Final revised paper published in WCD (4 comments)
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11 Jul 2025
Diverse causes of extreme rainfall in November 2023 over Equatorial Africa
Hermann N. Nana, Masilin Gudoshava, Roméo S. Tanessong, Alain T. Tamoffo, and Derbetini A. Vondou
Weather Clim. Dynam., 6, 741–756, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-741-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-741-2025, 2025
Final revised paper published in WCD (4 comments)
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27 Jun 2025
Environments and lifting mechanisms of cold-frontal convective cells during the warm season in Germany
George Pacey, Stephan Pfahl, and Lisa Schielicke
Weather Clim. Dynam., 6, 695–713, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-695-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-695-2025, 2025
Final revised paper published in WCD (4 comments)
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14 May 2025
Dynamics of stratospheric wave reflection over the North Pacific
Michael K. Schutte, Alice Portal, Simon H. Lee, and Gabriele Messori
Weather Clim. Dynam., 6, 521–548, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-521-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-521-2025, 2025
Final revised paper published in WCD (4 comments)
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14 May 2025
Lagrangian Tracking of Moisture Sources for the Record-Breaking Rainfall of Storm Ianos
Patricia Coll-Hidalgo, Raquel Nieto, Alexandre Ramos, Patrick Ludwig, and Luis Gimeno
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1775,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1775, 2025
Revised manuscript under review for WCD (discussion: final response, 4 comments)
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07 May 2025
Observation based precipitation life cycle analysis of heavy rainfall events in the southeastern Alpine forelands
Stephanie J. Haas, Andreas Kvas, and Jürgen Fuchsberger
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1819,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1819, 2025
Revised manuscript under review for WCD (discussion: final response, 4 comments)
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06 May 2025
Characteristics and dynamics of extreme winters in the Barents Sea in a changing climate
Katharina Hartmuth, Heini Wernli, and Lukas Papritz
Weather Clim. Dynam., 6, 505–520, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-505-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-505-2025, 2025
Final revised paper published in WCD (4 comments)
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25 Apr 2025
Case study of a long-lived Siberian summer cyclone that evolved from a heat low into an Arctic cyclone
Franziska Schnyder, Ming Hon Franco Lee, and Heini Wernli
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1724,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1724, 2025
Preprint under review for WCD (discussion: final response, 4 comments)
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25 Apr 2025
Drivers and impacts of westerly moisture transport events in East Africa
Robert Peal and Emily Collier
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1694,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1694, 2025
Preprint under review for WCD (discussion: final response, 4 comments)
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25 Apr 2025
Precipitation, Moisture Sources and Transport Pathways associated with Summertime North Atlantic Deep Cyclones
Rikke Stoffels, Imme Benedict, Lukas Papritz, Frank Selten, and Chris Weijenborg
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1752,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1752, 2025
Preprint under review for WCD (discussion: final response, 4 comments)
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25 Apr 2025
The impact of the rotation rate on an aquaplanet's radiant energy budget: insights from experiments varying the Coriolis parameter
Abisha Mary Gnanaraj, Jiawei Bao, and Hauke Schmidt
Weather Clim. Dynam., 6, 489–503, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-489-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-489-2025, 2025
Final revised paper published in WCD (4 comments)
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17 Apr 2025
Moisture transport axes: a unifying definition for tropical moisture exports, atmospheric rivers, and warm moist intrusions
Clemens Spensberger, Kjersti Konstali, and Thomas Spengler
Weather Clim. Dynam., 6, 431–446, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-431-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-431-2025, 2025
Final revised paper published in WCD (4 comments)
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17 Apr 2025
Process-based diagnostics using atmospheric budget analysis and nudging technique to identify sources of model systematic errors
Chihiro Matsukawa, José M. Rodríguez, and Sean F. Milton
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1466,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1466, 2025
Preprint under review for WCD (discussion: final response, 4 comments)
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03 Apr 2025
Mechanistic insights into tropical circulation and hydroclimate responses to future forest cover change
Nora L. S. Fahrenbach, Steven J. De Hertog, and Robert C. J. Wills
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1262,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1262, 2025
Revised manuscript under review for WCD (discussion: final response, 4 comments)
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02 Apr 2025
Investigating the influence of changing ice surfaces on gravity wave formation impacting glacier boundary layer flow with large-eddy simulations
Brigitta Goger, Ivana Stiperski, Matthis Ouy, and Lindsey Nicholson
Weather Clim. Dynam., 6, 345–367, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-345-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-345-2025, 2025
Final revised paper published in WCD (4 comments)
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26 Mar 2025
Anthropogenic climate change has increased severity of mid-latitude storms and impacted airport operations
Lia Rapella, Tommaso Alberti, Davide Faranda, and Philippe Drobinski
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1219,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1219, 2025
Revised manuscript under review for WCD (discussion: final response, 4 comments)
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25 Mar 2025
Quantifying the spread in sudden stratospheric warming wave forcing in CMIP6
Verónica Martínez-Andradas, Alvaro de la Cámara, Pablo Zurita-Gotor, François Lott, and Federico Serva
Weather Clim. Dynam., 6, 329–343, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-329-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-329-2025, 2025
Final revised paper published in WCD (4 comments)
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20 Mar 2025
Arctic temperature and precipitation extremes in present-day and future storyline-based variable resolution Community Earth System Model simulations
René R. Wijngaard, Willem Jan van de Berg, Christaan T. van Dalum, Adam R. Herrington, and Xavier J. Levine
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1070,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1070, 2025
Preprint under review for WCD (discussion: final response, 4 comments)
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20 Mar 2025
Assessing the skill of high-impact weather forecasts in southern South America: a study on cut-off lows
Belén Choquehuanca, Alejandro Anibal Godoy, and Ramiro Ignacio Saurral
Weather Clim. Dynam., 6, 317–327, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-317-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-317-2025, 2025
Final revised paper published in WCD (4 comments)
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12 Mar 2025
Climatology, long-term variability and trend of resolved gravity wave drag in the stratosphere revealed by ERA 5
Zuzana Procházková, Radek Zajíček, and Petr Šácha
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-939,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-939, 2025
Revised manuscript accepted for WCD (discussion: final response, 4 comments)
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06 Mar 2025
Mean state and day-to-day variability of tropospheric circulation in planetary-scale barotropic Rossby waves during Eurasian heat extremes in CMIP models
Iana Strigunova, Frank Lunkeit, Nedjeljka Žagar, and Damjan Jelić
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-892,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-892, 2025
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