Articles | Volume 23, issue 15
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-8705-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-8705-2023
Research article
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08 Aug 2023
Research article |  | 08 Aug 2023

Influence of atmospheric rivers and associated weather systems on precipitation in the Arctic

Melanie Lauer, Annette Rinke, Irina Gorodetskaya, Michael Sprenger, Mario Mech, and Susanne Crewell

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We present a new method to analyse the influence of atmospheric rivers (ARs), cyclones, and fronts on the precipitation in the Arctic, based on two campaigns: ACLOUD (early summer 2017) and AFLUX (early spring 2019). There are differences between both campaign periods: in early summer, the precipitation is mostly related to ARs and fronts, especially when they are co-located, while in early spring, cyclones isolated from ARs and fronts contributed most to the precipitation.
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