North American atmospheric circulation

E1011092

atmospheric circulation pattern climate system component

North American atmospheric circulation refers to the large-scale patterns of air movement over North America that shape the continent’s weather and climate, including storm tracks, jet streams, and seasonal pressure systems.

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Label	Occurrences
North American atmospheric circulation canonical	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	atmospheric circulation pattern ⓘ climate system component ⓘ
affects	cold air outbreaks in North America ⓘ drought occurrence in North America ⓘ heat waves in North America ⓘ hurricane steering in the North Atlantic ⓘ precipitation patterns in North America ⓘ temperature patterns in North America ⓘ tornado frequency in central United States ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
drivenBy	Arctic–midlatitude temperature gradient ⓘ Earth rotation ⓘ differential solar heating ⓘ land–sea temperature contrasts ⓘ topography of Rocky Mountains ⓘ
includesFeature	Aleutian Low NERFINISHED ⓘ Bermuda High NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Plains low-level jet NERFINISHED ⓘ Gulf of Mexico moisture transport ⓘ Icelandic Low NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific High NERFINISHED ⓘ Rossby waves NERFINISHED ⓘ anticyclones ⓘ atmospheric rivers affecting western North America ⓘ jet stream ⓘ monsoon-like circulation over southwestern United States ⓘ planetary waves ⓘ polar jet stream ⓘ seasonal pressure systems ⓘ storm tracks ⓘ subtropical jet stream ⓘ synoptic-scale cyclones ⓘ
influences	North American climate ⓘ North American weather ⓘ
involves	baroclinic instability ⓘ frontal systems ⓘ interaction between polar air masses and tropical air masses ⓘ
modulatedBy	Arctic Oscillation NERFINISHED ⓘ El Niño–Southern Oscillation NERFINISHED ⓘ North Atlantic Oscillation NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific Decadal Oscillation NERFINISHED ⓘ Quasi-Biennial Oscillation NERFINISHED ⓘ
shapedBy	configuration of surrounding oceans ⓘ presence of Rocky Mountains ⓘ presence of Sierra Nevada ⓘ
studiedIn	climatology ⓘ synoptic meteorology ⓘ
variesWith	altitude ⓘ latitude ⓘ season ⓘ

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Greenland Ice Sheet (North American sector) → interactsWith → North American atmospheric circulation ⓘ