Modes of variability of Southern Hemisphere atmospheric circulation estimated by AGCMs

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 473-490

  Grainger, Simon ^a   Frederiksen, Carsten S ^a   Zheng, Xiaogu ^b,c   Fereday, David ^d   Folland, Chris K ^d   Jin, Emilia K ^e,f   Kinter, James L ^e,f   Knight, Jeff R ^d   Schubert, Siegfried ^g   Syktus, Jozef ^h  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^e GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

^g NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^h DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; ENSO; Modes of variability; Southern Annular Mode; Southern Hemisphere

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GEOPOTENTIAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SUMMER; TIMESCALE; WINTER;

EID: 79551582849     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-009-0720-7     Document Type: Article

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