Project information
Project aim
The project explores the extent and manner in which the Southern Annular Mode influences, and is influenced by, climate variability in Antarctic and subantarctic regions. It will reveal the degree to which current trends in these features can be seen to be related.
Related publications
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Quantifying relationships between rainfall and synoptic activity in the Australian region. Research Activities in Atmospheric and Oceanic Modelling., 2004
(Ref: 12238)
Authors:Category 3: Article
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Links between the Southern Annular Mode and Australian rainfall. Research Activities in Atmospheric and Oceanic Modelling, WMO/TD-No 1276., 2005
(Ref: 12237)
Authors:Category 3: Article
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Trends in weather parameters at Australian Antarctic bases. Research Activities in Atmospheric and Oceanic Modelling, WMO/TD-No. 1220., 2004
(Ref: 12236)
Authors:Category 3: Article
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Southern hemisphere annular mode variability and the role of optimal nonmodal growth. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 2005
(Ref: 12240)
Authors:Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
The southern annular mode is the leading mode of Southern Hemisphere circulation variability, the … temporal evolution of which is characterized by large amplitudes and significant persistence.
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Eddy-zonal flow interactions associated with the southern hemisphere annual mode: Results from NCEP-DOE reanalysis and a quasi-linear model. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 2004
(Ref: 12239)
Authors:Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
Using a recent 22-yr (1979–2000) record of the NCEP–Department of Energy (DOE) reanalysis 2 dataset … (hereafter, NCEP2 reanalysis) and a two-level spherical quasi-geostrophic, quasi-linear model, the eddy–zonalmean … flow interactions associated with the Southern Hemisphere annular mode (SAM)…