Connection between the decadal variability in the Southern Ocean circulation and the Southern Annular Mode

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 16, 2007, Pages

  Yang, Xiao Yi ^a   Wang, Dongxiao ^a   Wang, Jia ^b,c   Huang, Rui Xin ^d  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS; WIND STRESS;

ANTHROPOGENIC FORCING; DECADAL VARIABILITY; DENSITY GRADIENT; EKMAN PUMPING; OCEAN CIRCULATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; DECADAL VARIATION; EKMAN PUMPING; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; WIND STRESS;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 35948940055     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030526     Document Type: Article

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