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V0L．26 NO．2 ACTA METEOR0L0GICA SINICA 2O12 InterannualVariationsoftheBlockingHigh overtheUral MountainsandItsAssociationwiththeAO／NAO in BorealW inter LIChao2,3(李 超)，ZHANGQingyun，。(张庆云)，JILiren1,2(纪立人)，andPENGJingbei。(彭京备) 1StateKeyLaboratoryofNumericalModelingforAtmosphericSciencesandGeophysicalFluidDynamics InstituteofAtmosphericPhysics，ChineseAcademyofSciences，Beijing100029 2InternationalCenterforClimateandEnvironmentSciences，InstituteofAtmosphericPhysics，Chinese AcademyofSciences，Beijing100029 3GraduateUniversityoftheChineseAcademyof Sciences，Beijing100049 (ReceivedMay7，2011；infinalform September25，2011) ABSTR ACT Thispaperanalyzesinterannualvariationsoftheblockinghigh overtheUralMountainsin theboreal winterandtheirassociationwiththeAretieOscillation／NorthAtlanticOscillationfAO／NAO)．InJanuary, therelationshipbetweentheUralblockinghighfUR1andtheAO indexisstatisticallysignificant．TheUR tendsto Occurmorefrequently and withgreaterstrength during negativeAO periods．Somestrong URs alsooccurduringpositiveAOphases(positiveURl_AOevents)，asinJanuary2008．Thispaperdiscussesthe characteristicsofatmosphericcirculationinthecasesofpositiveUR-AO eventsandcontrastcasesrnegative uR—AO events)．TheeastwardextendingoftheIcelandicLow fJL)centerandtheasociatedNAO dipole anomalypattern intheupstream regionmayplay amoreimportantrolefortheUR—AO events．W hen thecenteroftheILshiftseastwardto30。W ，theamplitudeofzonalwavenumber2fwavenumber3)is intensifiedinthepositive(negative)uR-fA0events，whichfavorspositive(negative)heightanomaliesover theUrals．Furtheranalysesindicatethattheinte