Linking warm conveyor belts to the TEM circulation in Northern Hemisphere midlatitude winter

Yunsung Hwang1, Changhyun Yoo1,2, Sukyoung Lee3

  • 1Severe Storm Research Center, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea.

NPJ Climate and Atmospheric Science
|August 5, 2026
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