ODD AND EVEN SYMMETRY OF ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION-THEORETICAL BASIS AND CLIMATIC CHARACTERISTICS^*

Analysis is done of the distribution of odd and even symmetric components of circulations on a global basis in terms of observations and technique for the odd/even symmetry,indicating that climatic features of the component patterns and their temporal evolution are able to reveal their influence of land-sea discrepancy in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres,the time scale of atmospheric response to radiation heating,circulation waveform structure and seasonal adjustment of global circulation.