Recent interdecadal changes in the interannual variability of precipitation and atmospheric circulation over northern Eurasia
This study investigated the interannual variability and trends in precipitation and atmospheric circulation patterns over northern Eurasia using long-term Precipitation REConstruction over Land and atmospheric Japanese 55-year Reanalysis data (JRA-55) from 1958 to 2012. Special emphasis was placed o...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:76d2b7ba043a467eb1de838fdcfc40d4 2023-09-05T13:20:56+02:00 Recent interdecadal changes in the interannual variability of precipitation and atmospheric circulation over northern Eurasia Tetsuya Hiyama Hatsuki Fujinami Hironari Kanamori Takaya Ishige Kazuhiro Oshima 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/6/065001 https://doaj.org/article/76d2b7ba043a467eb1de838fdcfc40d4 EN eng IOP Publishing https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/6/065001 https://doaj.org/toc/1748-9326 doi:10.1088/1748-9326/11/6/065001 1748-9326 https://doaj.org/article/76d2b7ba043a467eb1de838fdcfc40d4 Environmental Research Letters, Vol 11, Iss 6, p 065001 (2016) interannual variability trend summer precipitation moisture flux convergence Siberian river basins Mongolia Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering TD1-1066 Environmental sciences GE1-350 Science Q Physics QC1-999 article 2016 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/6/065001 2023-08-13T00:37:47Z This study investigated the interannual variability and trends in precipitation and atmospheric circulation patterns over northern Eurasia using long-term Precipitation REConstruction over Land and atmospheric Japanese 55-year Reanalysis data (JRA-55) from 1958 to 2012. Special emphasis was placed on the recent increase in summer (June, July and August) precipitation around the Lena river basin in eastern Siberia. We found interdecadal modulation in the relationships between interannual variability in summer precipitation and atmospheric circulation patterns among the three major Siberian river basins (Lena, Yenisei, and Ob). The interannual variations in summer precipitation over the Ob and Lena river basins were negatively correlated from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s. However, after the mid-1990s, this negative correlation became insignificant. In contrast, a significant positive correlation was apparent between the Yenisei and Lena river basins. We also found that there has been a significant increasing (positive) trend in geopotential height in the low-level troposphere since the mid-1980s over Mongolia and European Russia, resulting in an increasing trend of westerly moisture flux into the Yenisei and Lena river basins. Summer precipitation in both basins was continuously high from 2005 to 2008 under a trough that broadly extended from the Yenisei and Lena river basins, which has been a typical pattern of interannual variation since the mid-1990s. This trough increased the meridional pressure gradient between Mongolia and eastern Siberia in combination with the trend pattern. This further enhanced the eastward moisture flux towards the Lena river basin and its convergence over the basin, resulting in high summer precipitation from 2005 to 2008. Article in Journal/Newspaper lena river Siberia Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Environmental Research Letters 11 6 065001 |
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This study investigated the interannual variability and trends in precipitation and atmospheric circulation patterns over northern Eurasia using long-term Precipitation REConstruction over Land and atmospheric Japanese 55-year Reanalysis data (JRA-55) from 1958 to 2012. Special emphasis was placed on the recent increase in summer (June, July and August) precipitation around the Lena river basin in eastern Siberia. We found interdecadal modulation in the relationships between interannual variability in summer precipitation and atmospheric circulation patterns among the three major Siberian river basins (Lena, Yenisei, and Ob). The interannual variations in summer precipitation over the Ob and Lena river basins were negatively correlated from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s. However, after the mid-1990s, this negative correlation became insignificant. In contrast, a significant positive correlation was apparent between the Yenisei and Lena river basins. We also found that there has been a significant increasing (positive) trend in geopotential height in the low-level troposphere since the mid-1980s over Mongolia and European Russia, resulting in an increasing trend of westerly moisture flux into the Yenisei and Lena river basins. Summer precipitation in both basins was continuously high from 2005 to 2008 under a trough that broadly extended from the Yenisei and Lena river basins, which has been a typical pattern of interannual variation since the mid-1990s. This trough increased the meridional pressure gradient between Mongolia and eastern Siberia in combination with the trend pattern. This further enhanced the eastward moisture flux towards the Lena river basin and its convergence over the basin, resulting in high summer precipitation from 2005 to 2008. |
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Tetsuya Hiyama Hatsuki Fujinami Hironari Kanamori Takaya Ishige Kazuhiro Oshima |
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Tetsuya Hiyama Hatsuki Fujinami Hironari Kanamori Takaya Ishige Kazuhiro Oshima |
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Recent interdecadal changes in the interannual variability of precipitation and atmospheric circulation over northern Eurasia |
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Recent interdecadal changes in the interannual variability of precipitation and atmospheric circulation over northern Eurasia |
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Recent interdecadal changes in the interannual variability of precipitation and atmospheric circulation over northern Eurasia |
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Recent interdecadal changes in the interannual variability of precipitation and atmospheric circulation over northern Eurasia |
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Recent interdecadal changes in the interannual variability of precipitation and atmospheric circulation over northern Eurasia |
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recent interdecadal changes in the interannual variability of precipitation and atmospheric circulation over northern eurasia |
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