The #Frankenstorm in Climate Context

The "Frankenstorm" and Global Warming

dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com 28 Oct '12, 8pm

The #Frankenstorm in Climate Context

The jet stream pattern — particularly the strongly negative NAO [North Atlantic Oscillation ] and associated blocking — that has been in place for the last 2 weeks and is projected to be with us into next week is exactly the sort of highly amplified (i.e., wavy) pattern that I’d expect to see more of in response to ice loss and enhanced Arctic warming. Blocking happens naturally, of course, but it’s very possible that this block may have been boosted in intensity and/or duration by the record-breaking ice loss this summer. Late-season hurricanes are not unheard of either, but Sandy just happened to come along during this anomalous jet-stream pattern, as well as during an autumn with record-breaking warm sea-surface temperatures off the US east coast. It could very well be that general warming along with high sea-surface temperatures have lengthened the tropical storm seaso...

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Sandy in Climate Context: "...most likely...the coincidental alignment of a tropical storm with an extratropical storm" [link]
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What role climate change in Sandy's occurrence, size, impact? Interesting analysis and discussion at @dotearth [link]
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The reader's comments have me wondering if labels like 'libertarian warmist' have successfully stigmatized science. [link]
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#Frankenstorm & Climate Context: [link] Let's not get carried away with #climatechange, but yes it may give storms an 'oomph'
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RT @CAmmoun: But what is the role, if any, of #ClimateChange in this #Frankenstorm rare system? [link] in @nytimes by @Revkin
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How to interpret individual storms in the context of meta changes related to the climate crisis @Revkin [link]
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