Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PIK | Rossby waves and extreme weather @PotsdamInstitute | Uploaded April 2016 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
Learn how giant airstreams high in the sky get trapped sometimes - leading to devastating weather extremes on the ground.
Copyright: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PIK and Climate Media Factory. This video was supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).

PIK research on the subject:
- Evidence for wave resonance as a key mechanism for generating high-amplitude quasi-stationary waves in boreal Summer
link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00382-016-3399-6
- Influence of Anthropogenic Climate Change on Planetary Wave Resonance and Extreme Weather Events
nature.com/articles/srep45242
pik-potsdam.de/news/press-releases/weather-extremes-humans-likely-influence-giant-airstreams
- Summertime Planetary Wave-Resonance in the Northern and Southern Hemisphere
journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0703.1
- Record Balkan floods linked to jamming of giant airstreams: pik-potsdam.de/news/press-releases/record-balkan-floods-linked-to-jamming-of-giant-airstreams
- Trapped atmospheric waves triggered more weather extremes: pik-potsdam.de/news/press-releases/archive/2014/trapped-atmospheric-waves-triggered-more-weather-extremes
- Cold, hot or dry: Persistent weather extremes associated with decreased storm activity: pik-potsdam.de/news/press-releases/cold-hot-or-dry-persistent-weather-extremes-associated-with-decreased-storm-activity
- Summer storm weakening leads to more persistent heat extremes: pik-potsdam.de/news/press-releases/summer-storm-weakening-leads-to-more-persistent-heat-extremes
- Record-breaking heavy rainfall events increased under global warming: pik-potsdam.de/news/press-releases/record-breaking-heavy-rainfall-events-increased-under-global-warming