Nature Communications (Jan 2018)

Recent enhanced high-summer North Atlantic Jet variability emerges from three-century context

  • V. Trouet,
  • F. Babst,
  • M. Meko

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02699-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Long-term records of jet stream variability are needed to place recent mid-latitude extreme weather events into a historical context. Here, using tree-ring records from Europe, the authors reconstruct variability in the latitudinal position of the high-summer North Atlantic Jet since 1725 CE.