Open AccessOn the Role of Tropospheric Circulation in Recent Climate Changes in the Antarctic Peninsula Region
Author(s) -
V. E. Tymofeyev
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
bulletin of geography. physical geography series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.149
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 2300-8490
pISSN - 2080-7686
DOI - 10.2478/bgeo-2009-0004
Subject(s) - peninsula , climatology , atmospheric circulation , troposphere , ridge , circulation (fluid dynamics) , environmental science , atmospheric sciences , oceanography , geology , geography , physics , archaeology , thermodynamics , paleontology
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.