Simulated changes in the extratropical Southern Hemisphere winds and currents
[1] The results from 12 global climate models show a remarkably consistent strengthening and poleward shifting of the zonal wind stress through the 20th and 21st centuries at extratropical Southern Hemisphere latitudes. Changes in the zonal circulation of the ocean in the region are broadly consiste...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.502.906 2023-05-15T13:44:16+02:00 Simulated changes in the extratropical Southern Hemisphere winds and currents John C. Fyfe Oleg A. Saenko The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives 2006 application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.502.906 http://www.cccma.ec.gc.ca/papers/jfyfe/PDF/FyfeSaenko2006a.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.502.906 http://www.cccma.ec.gc.ca/papers/jfyfe/PDF/FyfeSaenko2006a.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://www.cccma.ec.gc.ca/papers/jfyfe/PDF/FyfeSaenko2006a.pdf text 2006 ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T09:13:39Z [1] The results from 12 global climate models show a remarkably consistent strengthening and poleward shifting of the zonal wind stress through the 20th and 21st centuries at extratropical Southern Hemisphere latitudes. Changes in the zonal circulation of the ocean in the region are broadly consistent with the changes in zonal wind stress. In particular, the climate models simulate a strengthening and a poleward shift of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. The strengthening of the zonal wind stress also results in intensifying northward Ekman transport across the Antarctic Circumpolar Current which, in the unblocked latitudes of Drake Passage, implies increasing southward geostrophic transport in the ocean below about 2000 m. Zonal wind stress changes such as these may be expected to enhance the mesoscale eddy activity in the Southern Ocean. Text Antarc* Antarctic Drake Passage Southern Ocean Unknown Antarctic Drake Passage Southern Ocean The Antarctic |
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[1] The results from 12 global climate models show a remarkably consistent strengthening and poleward shifting of the zonal wind stress through the 20th and 21st centuries at extratropical Southern Hemisphere latitudes. Changes in the zonal circulation of the ocean in the region are broadly consistent with the changes in zonal wind stress. In particular, the climate models simulate a strengthening and a poleward shift of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. The strengthening of the zonal wind stress also results in intensifying northward Ekman transport across the Antarctic Circumpolar Current which, in the unblocked latitudes of Drake Passage, implies increasing southward geostrophic transport in the ocean below about 2000 m. Zonal wind stress changes such as these may be expected to enhance the mesoscale eddy activity in the Southern Ocean. |
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Simulated changes in the extratropical Southern Hemisphere winds and currents |
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Simulated changes in the extratropical Southern Hemisphere winds and currents |
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simulated changes in the extratropical southern hemisphere winds and currents |
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