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Blocking Action in the Middle Troposphere and its Effect upon Regional Climate: II. The Climatology of Blocking Action

Year: 1950

Type: article

Abstract: The results of a semi-statistical study of 112 cases of blocking action in the upper westerlies are presented; areas of most frequent occurrence, characteristic movement and persistence, and seasonal and yearly trends of blocking activity are determined. The regional precipitation and mean surface-temperature anomalies associated with blocking over Europe are illustrated and compared with those produced by strong zonal flow aloft. The effects produced by variations in blocking activity upon European climatic trends are discussed. The influence of blocking action upon Scandinavian glaciation and certain indications as to the rôle played by blocking in an ice-age climatic cycle are discussed.

Source: Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v2i4.8603

Author: Daniel F. Rex

Institution: Stockholm University

Language: English

Topic: Climate variability and models

Subfield: Global and Planetary Change

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Climate action

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $1,410