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Seasonal Southern Hemisphere Annular Mode (SAM) Reconstructions June_July_August 1979-2001
Entry ID: ByrdPolarRC_SouthernHemisphereAnnularModeJJA1979-2001

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Abstract: The dominant mode of climate variability across the Southern Hemisphere is the Southern Hemisphere Annular Mode (SAM), which has been associated with warming in the Antarctic Peninsula and a weak cooling across the remainder of the continent (Marshall 2007). Fundamentally, the SAM is an expression of the meridional pressure gradient between the sub-Antarctic and middle latitudes. The mode has been ... View entire text
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Jones, J. M., and M. Widmann, 2003: Instrument-and tree-ring estimates of the Antarctic Oscillation. J. Climate, 16, 3511-3524.
Marshall, G. J., 2003: Trends in the Southern Annular Mode from observations and reanalyses. J. Climate, 16, 4134-4143.
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