Key role of western boundary currents in wintertime Euro-Atlantic blocking

Ayako Yamamoto1, Masami Nonaka2, Akira Yamazaki2, Patrick Martineau3, Young-Oh Kwon4, Hisashi Nakamura3 and Bunmei Taguchi5, (1)Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Kanagawa, Japan, (2)Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokohama, Japan, (3)The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, (4)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Physical Oceanography Department, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (5)University of Toyama, Faculty of Sustainable Design, Toyama, Japan