Abstract
The atmospheric circulation studies allow climate changes to be diagnosed and forecasted. Variations in occurrence frequencies of the atmospheric circulation forms W, E, and C (by the Vangengeim classification) and Z, M 1, and M 2 (by the Girs classification), which characterize climatic conditions in most of the Northern Hemisphere, are analyzed over a period of more than 100 years. It is shown that the occurrence frequency of the forms W, C, and M 1 continually decreased, while that of the forms E and Z increased, which indicates a significant change in atmospheric circulation in the Northern Hemisphere during the last century. The occurrence frequency of the forms C and Z demonstrates specific features at inter-decade time scales. Correlations are found between accumulated sums of anomalies of occurrence frequencies of the atmospheric circulation forms C, (W + E), Z, and (M 1 + M 2) and inter-decade variations of the Earth’s rotation. The causes of these relationships are discussed along with possibilities of their use for diagnosis of climatic variations in the Northern Hemisphere.
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Original Russian Text © N.S. Sidorenkov, I.A. Orlov, 2008, published in Meteorologiya i Gidrologiya, 2008, No. 9, pp. 22–29.
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Sidorenkov, N.S., Orlov, I.A. Atmospheric circulation epochs and climate changes. Russ. Meteorol. Hydrol. 33, 553–559 (2008). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068373908090021
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