A Warming Arctic Would Not Cause Increased Severe Weather or Temperature Extremes
by Chuck Wiese, Meteorologist, Weatherwise, Inc. This paper is a critique Francis and Vavrus (2012), hereinafter FV (2012), by atmospheric scientists Jennifer Francis from Rutgers University and Steve Vavrus of the University of Wisconsin. Their paper can be downloaded here and an updated version here: FV (2012) claims a measured decrease in the zonal or west to east…