Song-Miao Fan

Possible Mechanisms Linking North American Cold Waves to Arctic Sea Ice and Eurasian Snow Cover Interannual Variations

Stratospheric polar vortex (SPV) stretching events are typically of 1–2 weeks in duration when the SPV is elongated and locally extends anomalously south into lower latitudes. Such events are often associated with extreme cold over the Great Plains to southern and eastern states of the US. Here, we present an observati...