ISSN 2070-7401 (Print), ISSN 2411-0280 (Online)
Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa
CURRENT PROBLEMS IN REMOTE SENSING OF THE EARTH FROM SPACE

  

Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2018, Vol. 15, No. 5, pp. 229-238

Influence of changes in large-scale atmospheric circulation and ocean surface temperature on the trends of summer precipitation in the north of European Russia based on terrestrial and satellite data

E.A. Cherenkova 1 
1 Institute of Geography RAS, Moscow, Россия
Accepted: 05.10.2018
DOI: 10.21046/2070-7401-2018-15-5-229-238
The regional peculiarities of summer precipitation in the north of the European part of Russia (EPR) during the periods of the stable opposite North Atlantic (NA) Sea Surface Temperature (SST) anomaly in the second half of the 20th and the beginning of 21st centuries were studied. It was revealed that positive trends of precipitation prevailed in the European North of Russia during the period 1963–2015, both for terrestrial and satellite observations. The influence of the multidecadal variability of the North Atlantic on the atmospheric circulation in the Atlantic-European sector was associated with positive phases of the North Atlantic oscillation and pattern “East Atlantic/Western Russia” from June to August in the period 1963–1994 of negative NA SST anomalies. The negative phases of the same atmospheric patterns prevailed during the period 1995–2015 of the positive NA SST anomalies. The revealed statistically significant differences in the pressure anomalies link with the increase of the intensity of regional zonal atmospheric circulation and the transfer of heat and moisture from the Atlantic to the continent, the growth of low-pressure frequency and the amount of precipitation above the climatic norm over the central European Russia and below-average precipitation in its north during cooler NA. On the contrary, a weakening of the zonal circulation, an increase recurrence of blocking episodes over European Russia, and the growth of cyclonic activity in its north accompanying precipitation above climatic norm were observed during the period of warmer NA.
Keywords: precipitation, large-scale atmospheric circulation, remote sensing, north of the European part of Russia, Northern Atlantic
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