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Solar variability effects on characteristics of the Northern Hemisphere Circumpolar Vortex
Paličková, Lea ; Huth, Radan (advisor) ; Bochníček, Josef (referee)
This thesis contains an introduction to the problematics of solar activity variations in relation to tropospheric air circulation.It also contains thorough description of the influence of the solar activity on variable aspects of atmospheric circulation in the stratosphere and troposphere. The main target of this thesis is to determine, whether and how much is the Northern Hemisphere Circumpolar Vortex and its characteristics (surface, roundness, location of the centre) influenced by the level of solar activity. In the research part of this thesis, these characteristic values of the northern hemisphere circumpolar vortex from selected months in the years 1959-2001 are used. The thesis conributes to the international project COST ES1005 (Towards a more complete assessment of the impact of solar variability on the Earth's climate).
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The effect of high long-lasting solar/geomagnetic activity on pressure fields in the winter northern lower atmosphere
Bochníček, Josef ; Davídkovová, Hana ; Hejda, Pavel ; Huth, Radan
The effect of high long-lasting solar/geomagnetic activity on stratospheric and tropospheric pressure distributions was investigated in the winter Northern Hemisphere. The analysis concerns winter period (December 1 – March 30) in 1952-2003. Solar activity is characterized by 30 day means of R number, geomagnetic activity by 30 day means of daily sum of Kp index. Stratospheric and tropospheric pressure distributions are described by 30 day mean anomalies in geopotential height (GPH) at 50 hPa/500 hPa. GPH anomalies are computed as the difference between the long-term 30 day averages (covering 33 year period, 1970-2003) and actual 30 day averages. Data are taken from the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis
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The influence of geomagnetic activity on the course of stratospheric warming
Davídkovová, Hana ; Bochníček, Josef ; Hejda, Pavel ; Huth, Radan
The temperature of the winter polar lower stratosphere is affected except the solar activity and atmospheric circulation by the geomagnetic activity as well. Plausible physical mechanism for its effect was described by Arnold and Robinson. According to this paper, warming in the lower thermosphere caused by geomagnetic activity produces the reduction of blending mid and high latitude air masses. In consequence of this reduction the temperature of solar insulated region (polar lower stratosphere)decreases. The aim of this work is to verify functionality of such mechanism.
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