Journal
ANNALES GEOPHYSICAE
Volume 26, Issue 7, Pages 1999-2004Publisher
COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-1999-2008
Keywords
meteorology and atmospheric dynamics; general circulation; general or miscellaneous
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The solar effects on tropospheric circulation over Europe are investigated by counting the occurrence of Hess-Brezowsky synoptic types under various levels of solar activity. Solar minima are accompanied by a lower incidence of westerly types and a higher incidence of easterly and northerly types. The types with a northeast and northwest flow are most frequent under a moderate solar activity. There is a weak tendency towards the anticyclonic (cyclonic) types to be less (more) frequent under moderate solar activity. Our results are in accord with previous studies, indicating a strengthened zonal flow in solar maxima and changes in the modes of low-frequency circulation variability. The results point to the fact that the effects of solar activity are not linear.
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