Point Correlations of Geopotential Height and Temperature at 30 mb and between500 mb and 30 mb

摘要

An atlas of point correlations (teleconnections) of geopotential heights andtemperature in the stratosphere of the northern hemisphere is presented. The atlas is modeled on Namias's but uses 500 mb heights and 30 mb heights and temperatures. The correlations are shown separately for November-December, January-February, March-April and July-August. The teleconnection patterns are most marked during the colder part of the year, which is why the emphasis is on the months November-April. The division into two-month periods was made because of the peculiarities of the interseasonal march in the stratosphere. The correlations are meant to elucidate the degree and sign of the relationship between different regions--horizontally at 30 mb and vertically between 500 mb and 30 mb--by relating the time series of anomalies at a given point to the corresponding series at all other points.