Articles | Volume 16, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-16-169-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-16-169-2025
Research article
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21 Jan 2025
Research article |  | 21 Jan 2025

Future changes in compound explosive cyclones and atmospheric rivers in the North Atlantic

Ferran Lopez-Marti, Mireia Ginesta, Davide Faranda, Anna Rutgersson, Pascal Yiou, Lichuan Wu, and Gabriele Messori

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Climate Data Store Copernicus Climate Change Service https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/

AIMS2 Search Page Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory https://aims2.llnl.gov/search

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Explosive cyclones and atmospheric rivers are two main drivers of extreme weather in Europe. In this study, we investigate their joint changes in future climates over the North Atlantic. Our results show that both the concurrence of these events and the intensity of atmospheric rivers increase by the end of the century across different future scenarios. Furthermore, explosive cyclones associated with atmospheric rivers last longer and are deeper than those without atmospheric rivers.
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