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What is Blocking? (credit: Dr. Anthony Lupo)

9/27/2016

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DISCUSSION: Ever wonder Hurricane Sandy (October 2012) and many other events around the world unfolded in the way in which they did?  Many of these events occurred in the vicinity of middle-to-upper atmospheric phenomena known as atmospheric blocking events.  There is a lot of debate about what they are and Dr. Anthony Lupo (Professor at the University of Missouri) helps to break it all down in the article attached below!  

To learn more about other interesting current research work being down both within and beyond the scope of the GWCC community, be sure to click here!

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