Decadal cyclone variability in the North Atlantic

Luksch, Ute; Raible, Christoph C.; Blender, Richard; Fraedrich, Klaus (2005). Decadal cyclone variability in the North Atlantic. Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 14(6), pp. 747-753. Borntraeger 10.1127/0941-2948/2005/0075

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The unstable midlatitude ocean-atmosphere coupling motivates the definition of two decadal regimes with distinct implications for the North Atlantic cyclone variability. Phases with low (high) decadal variability of the North Atlantic Oscillation, which are connected with an annular (sectoral) spatial scale of the geopotential height teleconnection pattern, are identified as a hemispheric (regional) regime. In the hemispheric regime during a positive El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) index (warm event), the North Atlantic cyclones and the regions of enhanced precipitation shift southward while over northern Europe the cyclone activity and the rainfall are reduced. During the regional regime this impact of ENSO on the Atlantic storm track is extremely small and a clear interpretation over Europe is inhibited.

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