Interannual variability of relative angular momentum in the Northern Hemisphere and its relationship with the North Atlantic oscillation and the Arctic oscillation

The relative angular momentum (RAM) from 500 hPa to 200 hPa and from 55º N to 90 ºN was computed for the 1958-1998 period. NCAR-NCEP reanalysis data were used in this study, whose main purpose was to find an annual measurement to compare with the Arctic Oscillation (AO) and the North Atlantic Oscill...

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Authors: DE LA TORRE, L., GIMENO, L., RIBERA, P., GALLEGO, D., GARCÍA, R., HERNÁNDEZ, E.
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2009
Country:México
Institution:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repository:Atmósfera
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/8513
Online Access:https://www.revistascca.unam.mx/atm/index.php/atm/article/view/8513
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:VARIABILITY
ANGULAR MOMENTUM
NORTH ATLANTIC AND ARTIC OSCILLATIONS
Variability
angular momentum
North Atlantic and Artic oscillations
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Summary:The relative angular momentum (RAM) from 500 hPa to 200 hPa and from 55º N to 90 ºN was computed for the 1958-1998 period. NCAR-NCEP reanalysis data were used in this study, whose main purpose was to find an annual measurement to compare with the Arctic Oscillation (AO) and the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO). Annual values of RAM exhibited a clear positive trend consistent with positive trends found in AO and NAO. The correlations between RAM and AO were higher than those between RAM and NAO and the spectral analysis showed a common significant band of oscillation ca. to eight years.