GOTHAM
Our contribution
Dim Coumou leads GOTHAM’s Work Package “Drivers behind anomalous mid-latitude flow linked to extreme weather in boreal summer and winter”. We study atmospheric teleconnections that have received little attention so far: Giorgia di Capua studies, in collaboration with partners from the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, the 2-way interaction of the Indian Monsoon with the mid-latitude flow. Further, Efi Rousi, in collaboration with Stefan Rahmstorf, the role of the recent slowdown of the Atlantic circulation on recent weather extremes. We use a combination of observational data and climate model experiments and systematically apply machine-learning techniques (Causal Effect Networks, Self-Organizing Maps, etc.) to shed light on those aspects.
Summer school
In September 2017 we hosted a successful Summer School at PIK, with the aim of training young scientists on a unique combination of interdisciplinary scientific topics and tools relevant for understanding teleconnections and their role in causing extreme weather events. The school comprised of lectures as well as tutorial sessions by some of the world’s leading experts in the field, both from GOTHAM partner institutes and external ones.
Meeting report: Rousi, E., D. Coumou, and R. V. Donner (2018), Atmospheric teleconnections: Advanced tools and citizen science, Eos, 99, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018EO096591.
GOTHAM group foto
Network Analyses
Atmospheric teleconnections over the Pacific ocean captured by network analyses
Research Output
- Di Capua et al. (2021) “Drivers behind the summer 2010 wave train leading to Russian heatwave and Pakistan flooding”, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science https://www.nature.com/articles/s41612-021-00211-9
- Rousi et al. (2020) “Changes in North Atlantic atmospheric circulation in a warmer climate favor winter flooding and summer drought over Europe“, Journal of Climate 34(6), 2277-2295: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0311.1
- Di Capua et al. (2020) “Dominant patterns of interaction between the tropics and mid-latitudes in boreal summer: Causal relationships and the role of timescales“, Weather and Climate Dynamics
https://wcd.copernicus.org/articles/1/519/2020/ - Di Capua et al. (2020) “Tropical and mid-latitude teleconnections interacting with the Indian summer monsoon rainfall: A Theory-Guided Causal Effect Network approach”, Earth System Dynamics
https://www.earth-syst-dynam.net/11/17/2020/ - Rousi et al. (2020) “Implications of Winter NAO Flavors on Present and Future European Climate”, Climate 8(1): 13. https://www.mdpi.com/2225-1154/8/1/13
- Di Capua et al. (2019) “Long-lead statistical forecasts of the Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall based on causal precursors “, Weather and Forecasting – American Meteorological Society https://journals.ametsoc.org/waf/article/34/5/1377/344724/Long-Lead-Statistical-Forecasts-of-the-Indian
- Coumou et al. (2018) “The influence of Arctic amplification on mid-latitude summer circulation”, Nature Communications volume 9, Article number: 2959 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-05256-8
