WAVELET AND CROSS-WAVELET ANALYSIS OF THE SUMS OF ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATION AND SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE IN EUROPEAN RUSSIA
https://doi.org/10.7868/S0373244417060068
Abstract
Wavelet analysis of time series of surface air temperature and sums of precipitation in some cities of European Russia, with an estimate of the statistical significance of the obtained results is carried out with the purpose of identifying periodicities in the data of station meteorological observations. A cross-wavelet analysis was used to establish a link between variations in series of temperature and precipitation with important climate indices such as the North Atlantic oscillation (NAO), Atlantic multidecade oscillation (AMO) and Arctic oscillation (AO). A number of important cycles in different frequency ranges is identified. Cross-wavelet analysis of the NAO, AO with precipitation and temperature series showed a higher density of links compared to AMO. The strong link of high frequency oscillations in precipitation and temperature of the study area with fluctuations of the NAO, AMO and AO is established that can be determined not only by these climate indices, but the relationship of these Atlantic fluctuations with the El Niño phenomenon. Possibly, mid-frequency oscillations of meteorological data of the area with periods of 7–11 years are the evidence of the link with the fluctuation of the NAO. The established coherence of the index of the AMO and observational data is localized at time intervals before and after 1970, which is consistent with quasi-cyclic changes in the Earth’s climate.
About the Authors
Denis Yu. Vasil’ev
Ufa State Aviation Technical University
Russian Federation
Ufa
Russian Federation
Ufa
Oleg K. Babkov
Ufa State Aviation Technical University
Russian Federation
Ufa
Russian Federation
Ufa
Ekaterina S. Kochetkova
Russian State Hydrometeorological University
Russian Federation
St. Petersburg
Russian Federation
St. Petersburg
Vladimir A. Semenov
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences;
Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Moscow
Russian Federation
Moscow
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Vasil’ev D.Yu., Babkov O.K., Kochetkova E.S., Semenov V.A. WAVELET AND CROSS-WAVELET ANALYSIS OF THE SUMS OF ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATION AND SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE IN EUROPEAN RUSSIA. Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk. Seriya Geograficheskaya. 2017;(6):63-77. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.7868/S0373244417060068
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