Manifestation of the Early 20th Century Warming in the East-European Plain: Atmospheric Circulation Anomalies and Its Connection to the North Atlantic SST and Sea Ice Variability

• Published in: Atmosphere
• Main Authors: Valeria Popova, Tatiana Aldonina, Daria Bokuchava
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: early 20th century warming; East-European Plain; Volga and Severnaya Dvina basins; river runoff; extremes; drought; drivers; atmospheric circulation; AMO; SST anomalies; Kara Sea; Severnaya Dvina; dvina; North Atlantic; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos14030428

A study of the climatic characteristics and annual runoff of the Volga and Severnaya Dvina rivers demonstrates that, on the East European Plain (EEP), Early Twentieth Century Warming (ETCW) manifested in a multiyear drought between 1934 and 1940; this drought has no analogues in this region in terms...