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Effect of solar and galactic cosmic rays on the duration of macrosynoptic processes

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The effect of solar and galactic cosmic ray variations on the duration of elementary synoptic processes (ESPs) in the Atlantic-European sector of the Northern Hemisphere has been studied. It has been found that solar cosmic ray (SCR) bursts result in an increase in the duration of ESPs, which belong to the western and meridional forms of atmospheric circulation. Forbush decreases in galactic cosmic rays (GCRs) are accompanied by an increase in the duration of ESPs, which belong to the meridional atmospheric circulation form, and in a decrease in the duration of ESPs, which are related to the western and eastern circulation forms. It has been assumed that the observed variations in the ESP duration are caused by the effect of short-period cosmic ray variations on the intensity of cyclonic processes at middle and high latitudes, namely, the regeneration of cyclones near the southeastern coast of Greenland after SCR bursts and the development of blocking anticyclones over the northeastern Atlantic, Europe, and Scandinavia during GCR Forbush decreases.

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Original Russian Text © I.V. Artamonova, S.V. Veretenenko, 2013, published in Geomagnetizm i Aeronomiya, 2013, Vol. 53, No. 1, pp. 8–12.

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Artamonova, I.V., Veretenenko, S.V. Effect of solar and galactic cosmic rays on the duration of macrosynoptic processes. Geomagn. Aeron. 53, 5–9 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016793213010039

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