1996年全球重大气候事件概述

１９９６年，全球平均气温低于１９９５年，但从总体上来讲，气候仍比常年偏暖，是８０年代以来连续出现的第１１个暖年。１９９５／１９９６年冬季，中高纬度地区经向环流旺盛，欧洲、北美东部出现异常冷冬，许多地区遇到数十年未见的风雪严寒；前几年的大范围持久干旱已大大减弱或完全解除，高温热浪的强度与范围也明显少于上年。而洪涝却十分频繁，各洲洪水不断，亚洲尤为严重。北大西洋飓风继去年达５０年来最多之后，今年仍十分活跃。这些气候特点，可能与１９９５／１９９６年赤道太平洋大气状况由长达５年之久的暖位相特征转变为冷位相有关。

Significant Climate Events All over the World in 1996

Global climate continued to be warmer than normal in 1996.During winter,Europe and North America were hit continuously by arctic cold waves.Serious floods occurred frequently over different regions of the world,especially in Asia.Activities of North Atlantic hurricanes were very busy during June-November in 1996.The above anomalious climate features are likely related to the tropical ocean atmosphere conditions,which turned from warm phase into cold phase during 1995-1996.