Keywords: North Atlantic Ocean; Atmospheric circulation; Climate change; Climate classification/regimes; General circulation models; Europe; Teleconnections 1. Introduction In a warming world, a simple shift of the temperature distribution toward warmer values leads to a strong increase in hot extremes. Also, based on the Clausius–Clapeyron equation, we can expect more extreme precipitation, as every degree of warming increases atmospheric water holding capacity by 7% (Coumou and Rahmstorf 2012).
