... We examine the formation patterns of the low-water periods 1976-1982 and 1996-2011 for the Selenga river. One of the immediate reasons for the low-water periods under consideration is the attenuation of the circulation in the zone of convergence of monsoon flows and mid-latitude flows over Mongolia and North China. Unlike the low-water periods of the preceding decades, a decrease in precipitation amounts during the current low-water period is taking place concurrently with large-scale climatic changes....
Теги: atmospheric circulation , climate change , climate effect , convergence , hydrological response , inflow , monsoon , precipitation (climatology) , summer , temporal period , water level
