Quasi-biennial modulation of the Southern Ocean coherent mode

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 136, Issue 648, 2010, Pages 755-768

  Hibbert, Angela ^a,b   Leach, Harry ^a   Woodworth, Philip ^b   Hughes, Chris W ^b   Roussenov, Vassil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

QBO; Sea level; Southern annular mode; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC; BAROTROPIC MODELS; COHERENT MODES; CROSS VALIDATION; DATA SETS; EKMAN TRANSPORT; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION ANALYSIS; INTERANNUAL; MODEL ESTIMATION; OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; PLANETARY WAVE ACTIVITY; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOUTHERN ANNULAR MODE; SOUTHERN OCEAN; TIME-SCALES; TRANSPORT VARIABILITY; WIND ANOMALIES;

FOURIER ANALYSIS; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL); SEA LEVEL; SOLAR ENERGY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TIME SERIES;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BAROTROPIC MODE; BAROTROPIC MOTION; DATA SET; EASTERLY WAVE; EKMAN TRANSPORT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; JET FLOW; MODEL VALIDATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PLANETARY WAVE; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SEA LEVEL; STRATOSPHERE; TIMESCALE; WESTERLY; WIND VELOCITY;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 77953049690     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.581     Document Type: Article

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