Long-term variability of precipitation series in east central Europe in relation to circulation patterns

被引:62
作者
Niedzwiedz, T. [1 ]
Twardosz, R. [2 ]
Walanus, A. [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Silesia, Dept Climatol, PL-41200 Sosnowiec, Poland
[2] Jagiellonian Univ, Dept Climatol, PL-30387 Krakow, Poland
[3] AGH Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Geoinformat & Appl Comp Sci, PL-30059 Krakow, Poland
关键词
NORTH-ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; AIR-TEMPERATURE; TRENDS; DATASET; HUNGARY; KRAKOW;
D O I
10.1007/s00704-009-0122-0
中图分类号
P4 [大气科学(气象学)];
学科分类号
0706 ; 070601 ;
摘要
This paper discusses patterns of annual and monthly precipitation variability at seven weather stations in east central Europe (1851-2007). Precipitation patterns were compared to three simple regional indices of atmospheric circulation, i.e., western circulation, southern circulation and the cyclonicity (C) index and a relationship between precipitation and the North Atlantic Oscillation index was identified. Correlations of the monthly records and multiple regression, using a principal components' analysis, helped determine the statistical significance of the dependence of precipitation on the circulation indices. The Mann-Kendall test revealed no trend to change in any of the precipitation series, but a certain spatial regularity could be discerned in the phase of the annual periodic component. A common feature of the variability in central European annual precipitation is the dry period identified in the 1980s and the first half of the 1990s. In the northern part of the region, above-average precipitation was noted from the 1960s through to the mid-1970s as a result of the frequent prevalence of depressions. South of the divide, the wettest period was recorded at the turn of 1930s/1940s. After a number of very wet years in the last decade of the twentieth century and the beginning of the twenty-first century, precipitation began to fall at all of the region's weather stations. The C index is the strongest circulation-linked factor influencing precipitation in central Europe and it accounts for more than 40% of the variance in spatially averaged wintertime precipitation.
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