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Weather persistence on sub-seasonal to seasonal timescales: a methodological review
Alexandre Tuel
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Institute of Geography and Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Olivia Martius
Institute of Geography and Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Mobiliar Lab for Natural Risks, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Weather persistence on sub-seasonal to seasonal timescales has been a topic of research since the early days of meteorology. Stationary or recurrent behavior are common features of weather dynamics and are strongly related to fundamental physical processes, weather predictability and surface weather impacts. In this review, we propose a typology for the broad concepts related to persistence and discuss various methods that have been used to characterize persistence in weather data.
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