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March 2022
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Bomb Cyclones: The Forgotten Latitude Weighting
Over the last few years, the term "bomb cyclone" or "bombogenesis" has become increasingly popularized within and beyond the weather community. A bomb cyclone is commonly defined as a decrease in central minimum pressure of 24 hPa or more within 24 hours. This definition, however, is incomplete. The original definition of a "bomb cyclone" from Sanders and Gyakum (1980) included…