Changes in Blocking Characteristics during the First Part of the 21st Century †
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Data and Methods
2.1. Data
2.2. Methodology
3. The Climatology of Blocking in the Early 21st Century
3.1. The Northern Hemisphere
3.2. The Southern Hemisphere
4. Interannual and Interdecadal Variability
5. Discussion, Summary, and Conclusions
Author Contributions
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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El Niño | Neutral | La Niña |
---|---|---|
1969 | 1968 | 1967 |
1972 | 1977–1981 | 1970–1971 |
1976 | 1983–1985 | 1973–1975 |
1982 | 1989–1990 | 1988 |
1986–1987 | 1992–1996 | 1998–1999 |
1991 | 2000–2001 | 2007 |
1997 | 2003–2005 | 2010 |
2002 | 2008 | |
2006 | 2011–2013 | |
2009 | 2016 | |
2014–2015 |
Region | Occurrence | Duration | Days | Intensity |
Atlantic | 15.6/+21.9 | 10.5/+24.5 | 163.8/+42.3 | |
Pacific | 11.8/+77.9 | 9.5/+25.0 | 112.1/+111.4 | |
Continental | 10.1/+84.7 | 9.0/+10.8 | 90.9/+81.1 | |
Total | 37.6/+56.0 | 9.5/+11.8 | 356.3/+67.9 | 3.02/−6.3 |
Season | Occurrence | Duration | Days | Intensity |
Summer | 7.9/+51.0 | 10.0/+30.7 | 79.3/+85.5 | |
Fall | 8.3/+52.7 | 9.7/+19.8 | 80.5/+71.3 | |
Winter | 10.1/+42.3 | 9.7/+9.0 | 98.0/+46.1 | |
Spring | 11.2/+53.4 | 9.7/+23.4 | 109.2/+72.4 |
Region | Occurrence | Duration | Days | Intensity |
Atlantic | 1.8/+81.4 | 6.6/+11.4 | 11.7/+101.7 | |
Pacific | 11.3/+43.1 | 8.4/+11.4 | 95.0/+59.9 | |
Indian | 2.5/+181.1 | 7.3/+9.8 | 18.4/+206.7 | |
Total | 15.6/+59..9 | 8.0/+9.6 | 124.7/+75.1 | 2.86/+1.2 |
Season | Occurrence | Duration | Days | Intensity |
Summer | 1.9/+52.8 | 7.0/+9.4 | 13.1/+67.9 | |
Fall | 5.1/+47.3 | 8.2/+8.5 | 41.8/+60.2 | |
Winter | 5.4/+65.6 | 8.5/+11.2 | 47.2/+90.3 | |
Spring | 3.2/+80.0 | 7.5/+10.0 | 24.2/+96.7 |
+PDO | Occurrence | Duration | Days | Intensity | % Simult. |
El Niño (6) | 23.5 | 8.1 | 190.4 | 3.06 | 7.6 |
Neutal (15) | 24.4 | 8.2 | 200.1 | 3.26 | 8.9 |
La Niña (2) | 30.5 | 8.3 | 253.3 | 3.11 | 12.7 |
Total (23) | 24.7 | 8.2 | 202.5 | 3.20 | 8.9 |
−PDO | Occurrence | Duration | Days | Intensity | % Simult. |
El Niño (7) | 37.0 | 9.6 | 355.2 | 3.13 | 24.4 |
Neutral (11) | 36.4 | 10.0 | 364.0 | 3.01 | 28.2 |
La Niña (8) | 29.1 | 8.4 | 244.4 | 3.08 | 13.9 |
Total (26) | 32.8 | 9.9 | 323.7 | 3.07 | 21.7 |
+PDO | Occurrence | Duration | Days | Intensity | % Simult. |
El Niño (5) | 9.0 | 7.0 | 63.0 | 3.02 | 1.7 |
Neutal (15) | 9.5 | 7.1 | 67.5 | 2.76 | 1.4 |
La Niña (2) | 6.0 | 6.7 | 40.2 | 1.87 | 0.0 |
Total (22) | 9.0 | 7.1 | 63.9 | 2.81 | 1.3 |
−PDO | Occurrence | Duration | Days | Intensity | % Simult. |
El Niño (8) | 14.8 | 8.4 | 124.3 | 2.96 | 3.9 |
Neutral (9) | 16.0 | 7.8 | 124.8 | 2.80 | 4.2 |
La Niña (8) | 12.0 | 7.6 | 91.2 | 2.75 | 2.7 |
Total (25) | 14.3 | 8.0 | 114.4 | 2.85 | 3.6 |
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Lupo, A.R.; Jensen, A.D.; Mokhov, I.I.; Akperov, M.G. Changes in Blocking Characteristics during the First Part of the 21st Century. Proceedings 2017, 1, 679. https://doi.org/10.3390/ecas2017-04154
Lupo AR, Jensen AD, Mokhov II, Akperov MG. Changes in Blocking Characteristics during the First Part of the 21st Century. Proceedings. 2017; 1(5):679. https://doi.org/10.3390/ecas2017-04154
Chicago/Turabian StyleLupo, Anthony R., Andrew D. Jensen, Igor I. Mokhov, and Mirseid G. Akperov. 2017. "Changes in Blocking Characteristics during the First Part of the 21st Century" Proceedings 1, no. 5: 679. https://doi.org/10.3390/ecas2017-04154
APA StyleLupo, A. R., Jensen, A. D., Mokhov, I. I., & Akperov, M. G. (2017). Changes in Blocking Characteristics during the First Part of the 21st Century. Proceedings, 1(5), 679. https://doi.org/10.3390/ecas2017-04154