Pacific-North American pattern (Q872)

Subject, term, tag: Pacific-North American pattern

Pacific-North American (PNA) pattern

Language	Label	Description	Also known as
English	Pacific-North American pattern	Subject, term, tag: Pacific-North American pattern	Pacific-North American (PNA) pattern

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source version

IPCC Glossary v1.5

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Source

https://apps.ipcc.ch/glossary/

date accessed

27 May 2026

Part of

Working Group I: Climate Change 2021 – The Physical Science Basis

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Definition

An atmospheric large-scale wave pattern featuring a sequence of tropospheric high and low pressure anomalies stretching from the subtropical west Pacific to the east coast of North America. (English)