On Thursday, March 10, 2016 at 9:54:07 AM UTC-5, Norman Lynagh wrote:
The March issue of 'Physics Today' contains a review article titled 'Is the
Melting Arctic Changing Mid-Latitude Weather?'. The conclusion is that the jury
is still out.

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Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
http://peakdistrictweather.org

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Thank you for bringing this to our attention, Norman.

For those interested here's a link:

http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip...1063/PT.3.3107

And this follows a paper last October in the AMS Journal (and previous work notably by Jennifer Francis):

http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/...I-D-14-00822.1

'The Melting Arctic and Midlatitude Weather Patterns: Are They Connected?'

Quote: "The quantitative impact of Arctic change on midlatitude weather may not be resolved within the foreseeable future, yet new studies of the changing Arctic and subarctic low-frequency dynamics, together with additional Arctic observations, can contribute to improved skill in extended-range forecasts, as planned by the WMO Polar Prediction Project (PPP)."

Stephen.