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Influence of the atmospheric circulation on ice-thermal processes on Baikal during 1950–2010

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A study is made of the influence of the large-scale atmospheric circulation, described by the indices of Northern Hemisphere Teleconnection Patterns, on air temperature and ice-thermal characteristics of Lake Baikal for the time interval 1950–2010. Multiple linear regression equations have been obtained to account for 46–47% of the air temperature changes during the winter, spring and autumn seasons, and for 18% during the summer season. The main contribution to air temperature change for separate seasons (except in the summertime) and ice-thermal characteristics is made by the fluctuations of the AO and NAO indices characterizing the west-east transport of air masses, and of the SCAND and Sh indices of the mechanisms blocking this transport.

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Original Russian Text © L.N. Sizova, L.N. Kuimova, M.N. Shimaraev, 2013, published in Geography and Natural Resources, 2013, Vol. 34, No. 2, pp. 74–82.

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Sizova, L.N., Kuimova, L.N. & Shimaraev, M.N. Influence of the atmospheric circulation on ice-thermal processes on Baikal during 1950–2010. Geogr. Nat. Resour. 34, 158–165 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S187537281302008X

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