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Articles | Volume 20, issue 5
Articles | Volume 20, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-20-1141-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-20-1141-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 20, issue 5
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08 May 2024
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A major midlatitude hurricane in the Little Ice Age

John Dickie and Grant Wach

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This article presents an interesting link between climate and weather patterns, and in particular how this may have impacted recent human history.
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A Little Ice Age (LIA) hurricane was characterized using key storm intensity metrics from historical naval records. Its unusual intensity was driven by a higher temperature gradient between continental and coastal atmospheric circulation that drove intense midlatitude extratropical transition. Quantitative attributes embedded in historical records allow multidisciplinary research to extend our understanding of climate processes through the historical period.  
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