Trends in Summer Season Climate for Eastern Europe and Southern Russia in the Early 21st Century

Figure 1

Example of the large-scale circulation types for each of the 13 categories using the 1200 UTC 500 hPa height field. The contours are in color and the interval is 60 m and (a) type 1: 21 March 2006, (b) type 2: 27 August 2008, (c) type 3: 15 May 2008, (d) type 4: 1 June 2010, (e) type 5: 13 December 2010, (f) type 6: 27 September 2009, (g) type 7: 7 May 2007, (h) Type 8: 11 November 2007, (i) type 9: 13 May 2006, (j) type 10: 6 January 2006, (k) type 11: 12 February 2010, (l) type 12: 16 October 2011, and (m) type 13: 8 July 2010.

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