Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Scientists link California droughts and floods to distinctive atmospheric waves

04/12/2017 10:26 AM EDT

the high- and low-pressure regions of wavenumber-5

The crippling wintertime droughts that struck California from 2013 to 2015, as well as this year's unusually wet California winter, appear to be associated with the same phenomenon: a distinctive wave pattern that emerges in the upper atmosphere and circles the globe.


Full story at https://www2.ucar.edu/atmosnews/news/126310/scientists-link-recent-california-droughts-and-floods-distinctive-atmospheric

Source
National Center for Atmospheric Research/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research


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