Future low solar activity periods may cause extremely cold winters in North America, Europe and Russia.
for North America, Europe and Russia) for the past 60 winters have been strongly dependent on the Arctic Oscillation index (AO). When the Arctic Oscillation index is in “positive phase”, high atmospheric pressure persists south of the North Pole, and lower pressures on the North Pole. In the positiv...
Main Authors: | , , |
---|---|
Other Authors: | |
Format: | Text |
Language: | English |
Published: |
1960
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.622.8994 http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/looknorthyorkslincs/ahlbeck_solar_activity.pdf |
id |
ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.622.8994 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.622.8994 2023-05-15T14:43:18+02:00 Future low solar activity periods may cause extremely cold winters in North America, Europe and Russia. Jarl R. Ahlbeck D. Sc. (chem Eng Docent (env Tech The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives 1960 application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.622.8994 http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/looknorthyorkslincs/ahlbeck_solar_activity.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.622.8994 http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/looknorthyorkslincs/ahlbeck_solar_activity.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/looknorthyorkslincs/ahlbeck_solar_activity.pdf text 1960 ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T15:05:28Z for North America, Europe and Russia) for the past 60 winters have been strongly dependent on the Arctic Oscillation index (AO). When the Arctic Oscillation index is in “positive phase”, high atmospheric pressure persists south of the North Pole, and lower pressures on the North Pole. In the positive phase, very cold winter air does not extend as far south into the middle of North America as it would during the negative phase. The AO positive phase is often called the “Warm ” phase in North America. In this report I analyzed the statistical relation between the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation index (QBO is a measure of the direction and strength of the stratospheric wind in the Tropics), the solar activity, and the Arctic Oscillation index and obtained a statistically significant regression equation. According to this equation, during negative (easterly) values of the QBO, low solar activity causes a negative Arctic Oscillation index and cold winters in North America, Europe and Russia, but during positive (westerly) values of the QBO the relation reverses. However, the influence of the combination of an easterly value of the QBO and low solar activity on the AO is stronger and this combination is much more probable than the opposite. Therefore, prolonged low solar activity periods in the future may cause the domination of a strongly negative AO and extremely cold winters in North America, Europe and Russia. Arctic oscillation index and Turku winter temperature. Turku is located in the SW corner of Finland where the Arctic Oscillation Index for December-February almost completely controls the winter temperature for these months. See Figures 1 and 2. Text Arctic North Pole Unknown Arctic North Pole |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
Unknown |
op_collection_id |
ftciteseerx |
language |
English |
description |
for North America, Europe and Russia) for the past 60 winters have been strongly dependent on the Arctic Oscillation index (AO). When the Arctic Oscillation index is in “positive phase”, high atmospheric pressure persists south of the North Pole, and lower pressures on the North Pole. In the positive phase, very cold winter air does not extend as far south into the middle of North America as it would during the negative phase. The AO positive phase is often called the “Warm ” phase in North America. In this report I analyzed the statistical relation between the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation index (QBO is a measure of the direction and strength of the stratospheric wind in the Tropics), the solar activity, and the Arctic Oscillation index and obtained a statistically significant regression equation. According to this equation, during negative (easterly) values of the QBO, low solar activity causes a negative Arctic Oscillation index and cold winters in North America, Europe and Russia, but during positive (westerly) values of the QBO the relation reverses. However, the influence of the combination of an easterly value of the QBO and low solar activity on the AO is stronger and this combination is much more probable than the opposite. Therefore, prolonged low solar activity periods in the future may cause the domination of a strongly negative AO and extremely cold winters in North America, Europe and Russia. Arctic oscillation index and Turku winter temperature. Turku is located in the SW corner of Finland where the Arctic Oscillation Index for December-February almost completely controls the winter temperature for these months. See Figures 1 and 2. |
author2 |
The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives |
format |
Text |
author |
Jarl R. Ahlbeck D. Sc. (chem Eng Docent (env Tech |
spellingShingle |
Jarl R. Ahlbeck D. Sc. (chem Eng Docent (env Tech Future low solar activity periods may cause extremely cold winters in North America, Europe and Russia. |
author_facet |
Jarl R. Ahlbeck D. Sc. (chem Eng Docent (env Tech |
author_sort |
Jarl R. Ahlbeck |
title |
Future low solar activity periods may cause extremely cold winters in North America, Europe and Russia. |
title_short |
Future low solar activity periods may cause extremely cold winters in North America, Europe and Russia. |
title_full |
Future low solar activity periods may cause extremely cold winters in North America, Europe and Russia. |
title_fullStr |
Future low solar activity periods may cause extremely cold winters in North America, Europe and Russia. |
title_full_unstemmed |
Future low solar activity periods may cause extremely cold winters in North America, Europe and Russia. |
title_sort |
future low solar activity periods may cause extremely cold winters in north america, europe and russia. |
publishDate |
1960 |
url |
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.622.8994 http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/looknorthyorkslincs/ahlbeck_solar_activity.pdf |
geographic |
Arctic North Pole |
geographic_facet |
Arctic North Pole |
genre |
Arctic North Pole |
genre_facet |
Arctic North Pole |
op_source |
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/looknorthyorkslincs/ahlbeck_solar_activity.pdf |
op_relation |
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.622.8994 http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/looknorthyorkslincs/ahlbeck_solar_activity.pdf |
op_rights |
Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. |
_version_ |
1766314982378569728 |