Abstract
Carried out are the statistical analysis of spatiotemporal characteristics of quasistationary and blocking anticyclones in the Atlantic European sector, their classification, and the analysis of large-scale circulation in the lower and middle troposphere preceding the formation of different classes of blocking anticyclones. Studied are the threshold conditions of anticyclone blocking in the lower and middle troposphere in the Atlantic European sector. Determined are the typical situations, when the formed dipoles of heat and cold are observed in the area of the future blocking in the lower troposphere as well as the formed ridges or divergence of flows in the middle troposphere. A conclusion can be made on the possibility of using the information about blocking anticyclones in the schemes of long-range forecasting of thermal regime.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
M. Yu. Bardin, “Regional Quasi-Stationary Regimes of the Extratropical Northern Hemisphere Winter Circulation, Part I: Geographic Distribution and Regime-Related Geopotential Anomalies,” Meteorol. Gidrol., No. 1, 1999 [Russ. Meteorol. Hydrol., No. 1 (1999)].
M. Yu. Bardin, “Regional Quasi-Stationary Regimes of the Extratropical Northern Hemisphere Winter Circulation, Part II: Distribution and Horizontal Structure of Fluctuations,” Meteorol. Gidrol., No. 2, 1999 [Russ. Meteorol. Hydrol., No. 2 (1999)].
M. Yu. Bardin, “Anticyclonic Quasi-Stationary Circulation and Its Effect on Air Temperature Anomalies and Extremes over Western Russia,” Meteorol. Gidrol., No. 2, 2007 [Russ. Meteorol. Hydrol., No. 2, 32 (2007)].
O. V. Batyreva, A. A. Vasil’ev, R. M. Vil’fand, et al., “Automatic Classification of Daily Geopotential Fields,” Trudy Gidromettsentra Rossii, No. 330 (1999) [in Russian].
R. E. Bonner, “Some Types of Classification,” in Automatic Analysis of Complex Images (Mir, Moscow, 1969) [in Russian].
G. Ya. Vangengeim, “Processes of Blocking Zonal Currents and Their Role in Atmospheric General Circulation Regime,” in Trans. All-Union Meteorological Conference (Gidrometeoizdat, Leningrad, 1963) [in Russian].
R. M. Vil’fand, V. A. Tishchenko, and V. M. Khan, “Results of Studying the Forecast of Smoothed Temperature Variations during a Month,” Trudy Gidromettsentra Rossii, No. 337 (2002) [in Russian].
G. V. Gruza and L. V. Korovkina, “Seasonal Features of Spatial Blocking Index Distribution in the Northern Hemisphere,” Meteorol. Gidrol., No. 3, 1991 [Sov. Meteorol. Hydrol., No. 3 (1991)].
G. V. Gruza, E. Ya. Ran’kova, L. K. Kleshchenko, and L. N. Aristova, “Statistical Analysis of Seasonal Indices of Blocking in the Northern Hemisphere,” Trudy VNIIGMI-MTsD, No. 171 (2003) [in Russian].
D. B. Kiktev and V. N. Kryzhov, “Comparison of Several Methods of Assessment of Statistical Significance of Linear Trends,” Meteorol. Gidrol., No. 11, 2004 [Russ. Meteorol. Hydrol., No. 11 (2004)].
V. G. Semenov, The Atlantic Ocean Effects on Temperature and Precipitation Regime in the European Part of the USSR (Gidrometeoizdat, Moscow, 1960).
G. M. Tauber, “On the Planetary Development of Blocking Processes,” Meteorol. Gidrol., No. 3 (1969) [in Russian].
N. P. Shakina and A. R. Ivanova, “The Blocking Anticyclones: The State of Studies and Forecasting,” Meteorol. Gidrol., No. 11, 2010 [Russ. Meteorol. Hydrol., No. 11, 35 (2010)].
K. Arpe, S. A. G. Leroy, H. Lahijani, and V. Khan, “Impact of the European Russia Drought in 2010 on the Caspian Sea Level,” Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., No. 16 (2012).
M. Yu. Bardin, G. V. Gruza, A. R. Lupo, et al., “Quasi-Stationary Anticyclones in the Northern Hemisphere: An Analysis of Interannual and Interdecadal Variability and Long-term Trends at 1000 hPa and 500 hPa Using a Geometric Definition,” in Proceedings of the16th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variation, San Diego, C.A., January 9–13, 2005.
D. Barriopedro, R. Garcia-Herrera, A. R. Lupo, and E. Hernandez, “A Climatology of Northern Hemisphere Blocking,” J. Climate, 19 (2006).
J. G. Charney, M. O. Shukla, and K. C. Mo, “Comparisons of Barotropic Blocking Theory with Observations,” J. Atmos. Sci., No. 4, 38 (1981).
A. R. Lupo and P. G. Smith, “Climatological Features of Blocking Anticyclones in the Northern Hemisphere,” Tellus, 47A (1995).
J. L. Pelly and B. J. Hoskins, “How Well Does the ECMWF Ensemble Prediction System Predict Blocking,” Quart. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc., 129 (2003).
C. Schwierz, M. Croci-Maspoli, and H. C. Davies, “A Perspicacious Indicator of Atmospheric Blocking,” Geophys. Res. Lett., No. 6, 31 (2004).
S. Tibaldi and F. Molteni, “On the Operational Predictability of Blocking,” Tellus, 42A (1990).
S. Tibaldi, E. Tosi, A. Navarra, and L. Pedulli, “Northern and Southern Hemisphere Seasonal Variability of Blocking Frequency and Predictability,” Mon. Wea. Rev., 113 (1994).
S. Tibaldi, F. D’Andrea, E. Tosi, and F. Roeckner, “Climatology of Northern Hemisphere Blocking in the ECHAM Model,” Climate Dynamics, 13 (1997).
J. M. Wiedenmann, A. R. Lupo, I. I. Mokhov, and E. Tikhonova, “A Climatology of Blocking Anticyclones for the Northern and Southern Hemispheres: Block Intensity and Diagnostic,” J. Climate, 15 (2002).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Additional information
Original Russian Text © V.A. Tishchenko, V.M. Khan, R.M. Vil’fand, E. Roget, 2013, published in Meteorologiya i Gidrologiya, 2013, No. 7, pp. 15–30.
About this article
Cite this article
Tishchenko, V.A., Khan, V.M., Vil’fand, R.M. et al. Studying the development of atmospheric processes associated with blocking and quasistationary anticyclones in the Atlantic European sector. Russ. Meteorol. Hydrol. 38, 444–455 (2013). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068373913070029
Received:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068373913070029