Występowanie dni z przejściem temperatury powietrza przez 0°C na wybranych stacjach w atlantyckim sektorze Arktyki

• Autorzy: Łupikasza E. , Niedźwiedź T. , Małarzewski Ł.

Warianty tytułu

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The occurrence of days with freeze-thaw events at selected stations within the Atlantic sector of Arctic

• Języki publikacji: PL

Abstrakty

PL

Opracowanie dotyczy ważnego wskaźnika współczesnych zmian klimatu – dni z przejściem temperatury powietrza przez 0°C, które wyróżniono na podstawie temperatury dobowej maksymalnej i minimalnej mierzonej na 4 wybranych stacjach w obrębie atlantyckiego sektora Arktyki w okresie regularnych pomiarów instrumentalnych. Analiza częstości występowania tych dni w kolejnych miesiącach wskazuje na ich bimodalny przebieg roczny z maksimum w maju lub czerwcu, a minimum w lipcu lub sierpniu. Obliczona metodą Mann- Kendalla istotność tendencji wykazała spadek częstości występowania dni z Tmax>0°C i Tmin<0°C w miesiącach z cieplejszej części roku oraz w grudniu. Czasowe zmiany występowania tych dni zależą od lokalnej cyrkulacji atmosfery – najsilniej od napływu powietrza z południa, który w lecie przyczynia się do spadku, zaś w zimie do wzrostu ich frekwencji.

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This study aims at determining the occurrence of days with freeze-thaw events at selected meteorological stations (Svalbard Lufthavn, Hornsund, Hopen, Bjørnøya) representing the Atlantic sector of the Arctic, recognizing the trends in the frequency of these days and their relation to atmospheric circulation. The days with freeze-thaw events (TD0) were selected on the basis of daily minimum and maximum air-temperature during the period of regular instrumental measurements conducted at particular stations – Hopen: November 1946 – March 2013, Bjørnøya: January 1946 – March 2013, Svalbard Lufthavn: January 1957 – March 2013, Hornsund: July 1978 – March 2013. Basic descriptive statistics were used to investigate the annual course of the days with freezethaw events (Tmax>0°C and Tmin<0°C) occurrence in the period 1979-2012 which allowed the comparison of the statistics between the stations. Statistical significance of trends were checked with Mann-Kendall test whereas the trends magnitudes were calculated with the least square method and expressed as a change in the number of days per 10 years. Spearman correlation coefficients were calculated to assess the relations between the DT0 occurrence and atmospheric circulation. Three local circulation indices (S index, W index, C index) and one macroscale circulation index (AO index) were taken into consideration. Statistical significance level of 0.05 was used for both trends and correlations coefficients. The trends were calculated for three various periods: the period of regular instrumental measurements – various at particular stations, the period 1979-2012 – common for all stations analysed and 1995-2012 which is the period of dramatic warming of the Arctic (Przybylak 2007). The investigations were conducted from monthly, seasonal (winter – Dec, Jan, Feb; spring – Mar, Apr, May; summer – Jun, Jul, Aug; autumn – Sep, Oct, Nov) and annual perspective. Days with freeze–thaw events are considered as an indicator of current climate change primarily manifesting in the rapid increase of air-temperature. The average annual number of days with freeze-thaw events varied depending on station from 63 days to 96 days in the period of 1979-2012. These days occurred during the whole year with the maximum in autumn (Svalbard Lufthavn, Hornsund and Hopen) or spring (Bjørnøya) and the minimum in summer (Svalbard Lufthavn, Hornsund, Bjørnøya) or winter (Hopen). The annual course of the number of days with freeze-thaw events is bimodal with the first rate maximum in May (Svalbard Lufthavn, Hornsund, Bjørnøya) or June (Hopen) and the secondary maximum in October. The clearest changes (increase) in the frequency of DT0 occurrence were found in Hopen and Bjørnøya in the months belonging to the warmer part of a year – July, August, September. In Svalbard Lufthavn and Hornsund significant increase in the frequency of DT0 was detected in June. In December increasing trends in the DT0 occurrence were significant which also applies to January DT0 trends at both Longyearbyen and Bjørnøya stations. Dramatic increase of the air-temperature in the Arctic which began in the middle of the nineties has not influenced the frequency of days with freeze-thaw events – the trends calculated for the period of 1995-2012 were significant only in September and sporadically (single stations) in May and December. The long-term variability in the number of days with freeze-thaw events was significantly related to atmospheric circulation. The occurrence of such days was most influenced by the S circulation index, which determined the frequency of DT0 in majority of months and seasons despite summer. At the beginning of a year (February – March) the frequency of DT0 depended most on the flow of air from west (W circulation index). The cyclonity index (C index) affected the number of DT0 at Hopen and Bjørnøya stations. The impact of macroscale circulation (AO index) on the variability of DT0 was limited to Bjørnøya station in the case of monthly values and covered Hopen station in the case of seasonal values. Statistically significant correlation coefficients calculated for the warmer part of a year (from June to September) were positive and were negative for the rest months. Significant decrease of the DT0 frequency in September might be related to the strengthening of the northern flow.

Słowa kluczowe

PL

dni z przejściem temperatury przez 0°C; Arktyka; trendy dni przymrozkowych; cyrkulacja atmosfery; wskaźniki cyrkulacji; AO

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freeze-thaw events; Arctic; trends in the days with freeze-thaw events; atmospheric circulation; circulation indices; AO

• Wydawca: Stowarzyszenie Klimatologów Polskich
• Czasopismo: Problemy Klimatologii Polarnej
• Rocznik: 2013
• Tom: Nr 23
• Strony: 121--135
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 24 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Łupikasza E.

• Uniwersytet Śląski; Wydział Nauk o Ziemi, Katedra Klimatologii ul. Będzińska 60, 41-200 Sosnowiec

autor

Niedźwiedź T.

• Uniwersytet Śląski; Wydział Nauk o Ziemi, Katedra Klimatologii ul. Będzińska 60, 41-200 Sosnowiec

autor

Małarzewski Ł.

• Uniwersytet Śląski; Wydział Nauk o Ziemi, Katedra Klimatologii ul. Będzińska 60, 41-200 Sosnowiec

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