Interpretation of recent Southern Hemisphere climate change

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Thompson, David W. J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5413-4376 and Solomon, Susan (2002) Interpretation of recent Southern Hemisphere climate change. Science, 296 (5569). pp. 895-899. ISSN 0036-8075

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Abstract

Climate variability in the high-latitude Southern Hemisphere (SH) is dominated by the SH annular mode, a large-scale pattern of variability characterized by fluctuations in the strength of the circumpolar vortex. We present evidence that recent trends in the SH tropospheric circulation can be interpreted as a bias toward the high-index polarity of this pattern, with stronger westerly flow encircling the polar cap. It is argued that the largest and most significant tropospheric trends can be traced to recent trends in the lower stratospheric polar vortex, which are due largely to photochemical ozone losses. During the summer-fall season, the trend toward stronger circumpolar flow has contributed substantially to the observed warming over the Antarctic Peninsula and Patagonia and to the cooling over eastern Antarctica and the Antarctic plateau.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sdg 13 - climate action ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Climatic Research Unit Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
Related URLs:	https://publons.com/publon/5036291/
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	07 Jun 2022 13:30
Last Modified:	15 Jun 2023 04:33
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/85407
DOI:	10.1126/SCIENCE.1069270

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