2024
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-2024-820
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Western disturbances and climate variability: a review of recent developments

Kieran M. R. Hunt,
Jean-Philippe Baudouin,
Andrew G. Turner
et al.

Abstract: Abstract. Western disturbances (WDs) are synoptic-scale weather systems embedded within the subtropical westerly jet. Manifesting as upper-level troughs often associated with a lower-tropospheric low over Western India, they share some dynamical features with extratropical cyclones. WDs are most common during the boreal winter (December to March), during which they bring the majority of precipitation – both rain and snow – to the Western Himalaya, as well as to surrounding areas of north India, Pakistan and th… Show more

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