Seasonal zonal asymmetries in the southern annular mode and their impact on regional temperature anomalies

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 6253-6270

  Fogt, Ryan L ^a   Jones, Julie M ^b   Renwick, James ^c  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Annular mode; Antarctic Oscillation; Antarctica; Climate variability; ENSO

Indexed keywords

ANNULAR MODE; ANTARCTIC OSCILLATION; ANTARCTICA; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; ENSO;

CLIMATE CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ANTARCTIC OSCILLATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; ZONAL FLOW;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84867677752     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00474.1     Document Type: Article

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