On the Role of Tropospheric Circulation in Recent Climate Changes in the Antarctic Peninsula Region

• Published in: Bulletin of Geography. Physical Geography Series
• Main Author: Tymofeyev, Vladislav E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Walter de Gruyter GmbH 2009
• Subjects: Geophysics; Geography, Planning and Development; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/bgeo-2009-0004; http://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/bgeo/1/1/article-p63.xml; https://www.sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/bgeo-2009-0004

Abstract The state of tropospheric circulation in the West Antarctic sector (WAS) is considered during 1990s, the warmest decade in the Antarctic Peninsula (AP) region. Regional warming has progressed almost coherently with the second phase of global warming and is related to oceanic variability, specifically PDO-ENSO conditions. Atmospheric circulation in 1990s comprises a prevailing cyclogenesis west of the Antarctic Peninsula sector along with frequent weather modifications (the winter season in particular is examined) and the ridge of high pressure to the east. Predominant atmospheric circulation types for the recent decade are found to be stable in time causing smaller air temperature oscillations on different time scales. The circulation background responsible for the stabilization of air temperature growth in the AP region immediately after the turn of the millennium is shown.