Characterizing the North Pacific jet stream for understanding historical variability in western United States winter precipitation

AW Ellis, NP Barton - Physical Geography, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
We examined historical winter-season relationships among precipitation across the western
United States, the northern Pacific jet stream (NPJ) across the northern Pacific Ocean basin …

Predicting the interannual variability of California's total annual precipitation

R Cheng, L Novak, T Schneider - Geophysical Research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding and predicting precipitation characteristics on seasonal and longer
timescales can help California prepare for long‐term droughts and precipitation extremes …

Variability in wintertime position and strength of the North Pacific jet stream as represented by re‐analysis data

NP Barton, AW Ellis - … Journal of Climatology: A Journal of the …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The popular National Center for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)/National Center
for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) re‐analysis database was used to create a mean winter …

A physical mechanism of the precipitation dipole in the western United States based on PDO‐storm track relationship

MK Sung, SI An, BM Kim… - Geophysical Research …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
It is known that the western United States (US) precipitation displays a north‐south contrast,
ie, the so‐called “precipitation dipole,” during El Niño and La Niña winters. Furthermore, the …

[HTML][HTML] Twenty-first-century precipitation changes over the Los Angeles region

N Berg, A Hall, F Sun, S Capps, D Walton… - Journal of …, 2015 - journals.ametsoc.org
Twenty-First-Century Precipitation Changes over the Los Angeles Region in: Journal of Climate
Volume 28 Issue 2 (2015) Jump to Content Jump to Main Navigation Logo Logo Logo Logo …

Changes in Great Plains Low‐Level Jet Structure and Associated Precipitation Over the 20th Century

CR Ferguson - Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The US Great Plains warm season climate is inextricably linked to the frequency
and structure of the region's southerly low‐level jet. In the present‐day climate (1977–2009) …

[HTML][HTML] Zonal extension and retraction of the subtropical westerly jet stream and evolution of precipitation over East Asia and the western Pacific

Z Xie, Y Du, S Yang - Journal of Climate, 2015 - journals.ametsoc.org
Zonal Extension and Retraction of the Subtropical Westerly Jet Stream and Evolution of
Precipitation over East Asia and the Western Pacific in: Journal of Climate Volume 28 Issue 17 …

Four atmospheric circulation regimes over the North Pacific and their relationship to California precipitation on daily to seasonal timescales

K Guirguis, A Gershunov, MJ DeFlorio… - Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Precipitation in California is highly variable and not well forecasted on subseasonal‐to‐
seasonal (S2S) timescales. Understanding relationships between synoptic‐scale …

A winter precipitation 'dipole'in the western United States associated with multidecadal ENSO variability

DP Brown, AC Comrie - Geophysical Research Letters, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
The variability of winter precipitation across the western United States has important
implications for a wide range of physical and socioeconomic systems. While El Niño …

[HTML][HTML] Modeled and observed multidecadal variability in the North Atlantic jet stream and its connection to sea surface temperatures

IR Simpson, C Deser, KA McKinnon… - Journal of …, 2018 - journals.ametsoc.org
Modeled and Observed Multidecadal Variability in the North Atlantic Jet Stream and Its
Connection to Sea Surface Temperatures in: Journal of Climate Volume 31 Issue 20 (2018) …