Ridiculously Resilient Ridge

The Ridiculously Resilient Ridge, here depicted by cool-season seasonal geopotential height anomalies (November–March) during 2012–2015. Adapted from [1]

The "Ridiculously Resilient Ridge", sometimes shortened to "Triple R" or "RRR", is the nickname given to a persistent anticyclone that occurred over the far northeastern Pacific Ocean, contributing to the 2011–2017 California drought. The "Ridiculously Resilient Ridge" nickname was originally coined in December 2013 by Daniel Swain on the Weather West Blog,[2] but has since been used widely in popular media[3][4][5][6][7][8][9] as well as in peer-reviewed scientific literature.[10][1][11][12][13][14]

  1. ^ a b Swain, Daniel L. (2015). "A tale of two California droughts: Lessons amidst record warmth and dryness in a region of complex physical and human geography". Geophysical Research Letters. 42 (22): 9999–10, 003. doi:10.1002/2015GL066628. ISSN 1944-8007.
  2. ^ "The extraordinary California dry spell continues: 2013 will probably be the driest year on record". Archived from the original on 2014-10-02. Retrieved 2014-09-27.
  3. ^ Radio, Southern California Public (2015-10-12). "'Ridiculously Resilient Ridge' retires, making room for rain". Southern California Public Radio. Archived from the original on 2023-11-02. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
  4. ^ Graff, Amy; SFGATE (2017-12-04). "High-pressure ridge settles along West Coast: Is it ever going to rain again?". SFGate. Archived from the original on 2019-11-12. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
  5. ^ Samenow, Jason (2018-10-02). "A massive, historic high-pressure zone is bringing freakishly nice weather to Alaska". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on 2019-07-10. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
  6. ^ Fountain, Henry (2018-02-13). "A Hot, Dry Winter in California. Could It Be Drought Again?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2019-11-12. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
  7. ^ Gokey, Monica; Anchorage, KSKA- (2015-05-20). "'Ridiculously Resilient Ridge' Returns This Winter". Alaska Public Media. Archived from the original on 2019-11-12. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
  8. ^ "The RRR 'Ridiculously Resilient Ridge' Returns to California | Weather Extremes". Weather Underground. Archived from the original on 2019-11-12. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
  9. ^ "'The Blob' Is Back: Here's What It Could Mean for Lower 48". The Weather Channel. Archived from the original on 2019-11-13. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ Diffenbaugh, Noah S.; Singh, Deepti; Horton, Daniel E.; Swain, Daniel L. (2016-04-01). "Trends in atmospheric patterns conducive to seasonal precipitation and temperature extremes in California". Science Advances. 2 (4): e1501344. doi:10.1126/sciadv.1501344. ISSN 2375-2548. PMC 4820386. PMID 27051876.
  12. ^ Swain, Daniel L.; Singh, Deepti; Horton, Daniel E.; Mankin, Justin S.; Ballard, Tristan C.; Diffenbaugh, Noah S. (2017). "Remote Linkages to Anomalous Winter Atmospheric Ridging Over the Northeastern Pacific". Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 122 (22): 12, 194–12, 209. doi:10.1002/2017JD026575. ISSN 2169-8996.
  13. ^ Anderson, Bruce T.; Gianotti, Daniel J. S.; Furtado, Jason C.; Lorenzo, Emanuele Di (2016). "A decadal precession of atmospheric pressures over the North Pacific". Geophysical Research Letters. 43 (8): 3921–3927. doi:10.1002/2016GL068206. ISSN 1944-8007.
  14. ^ He, Xiaogang; Wada, Yoshihide; Wanders, Niko; Sheffield, Justin (2017). "Intensification of hydrological drought in California by human water management". Geophysical Research Letters. 44 (4): 1777–1785. doi:10.1002/2016GL071665. hdl:1874/353391. ISSN 1944-8007.