Interannual variability of Central European mean temperature in 
January-February and its relation to large-scale circulation

Werner, Peter C.; Von Storch, Hans

doi:10.3354/cr003195

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Interannual variability of Central European mean temperature in January-February and its relation to large-scale circulation

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Von Storch, Hans
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Werner, P. C., & Von Storch, H. (1993). Interannual variability of Central European mean temperature in January-February and its relation to large-scale circulation. Climate Research, 3, 195-207. doi:10.3354/cr003195.

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Abstract

The Central European temperature distribution field, as given by 11 stations [Fano, Hamburg, Potsdam, Jena, Frankfurt, Uccle, Hohenpeissenberg, Praha (Prague), Wien (Vienna), Zurich and Geneve (Geneva)], is analyzed with respect to its year-to-year variability. January-February (JF) average temperatures are considered for the interval 1901-1980. An Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF) analysis reveals that the JF temperature variability is almost entirely controlled by one entirely positive EOF. The relationship of the temperature field to large-scale circulation, represented by the North Atlantic/European sea-level pressure (SLP) field, is investigated by means of a Canonical Correlation Analysis (CCA). Two CCA pairs are identified which account for most of the temperature year-to-year variance. The CCA pairs fail, however, to consistently link the long-term temperature trends to changes in the large-scale circulation. -from Authors