Large-Scale Atmospheric Circulation Patterns Associated with Temperature Extremes as a Basis for Model Evaluation: Methodological Overview and Results

Paul C Loikith, Portland State University, Geography, Portland, OR, United States; Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, Anthony J Broccoli, Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Brunswick, NJ, United States, Duane Edward Waliser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, Benjamin R Lintner, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, United States and J David Neelin, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States