The physical understanding and timely prediction of extreme weather events are of
enormous importance to society due to their associated impacts. In this article, we highlight …

This paper reviews the European summer heat wave of 2003, with special emphasis on the
first half of August 2003, jointly with its significant societal and environmental impact across …

Despite the continued increase in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations, the annual-
mean global temperature has not risen in the twenty-first century,, challenging the prevailing …

Arctic amplification (AA)–the observed enhanced warming in high northern latitudes relative
to the northern hemisphere–is evident in lower‐tropospheric temperatures and in 1000‐to …

Abstract The 2021 Pacific Northwest heatwave featured record‐smashing high
temperatures, raising questions about whether extremes are changing faster than the mean …

Atmospheric blocking can influence near‐surface temperature via circulation and radiative
forcing. This study investigates the relevance of blocking for co‐located (sub‐) daily …

Blocking occurrence and its impacts on European temperature have been studied in the last
decade. However, most previous studies on blocking impacts have focused on winter only …

Recent studies have hypothesized that Arctic amplification, the enhanced warming of the
Arctic region compared to the rest of the globe, will cause changes in midlatitude weather …

Atmospheric blocking over the northern North Atlantic, which involves isolation of large
regions of air from the westerly circulation for 5 days or more, influences fundamentally the …

Atmospheric blocking due to anomalous, persistent meandering of the jet stream often
causes weather extremes in the mid-latitudes. Despite the ubiquity of blocking, the onset …