Antarctic Circumpolar Wave
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March 29, 2010, 12:00 am
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The term Antarctic Circumpolar Wave (ACW) describes interannual variations in the following parameters: atmospheric pressure at sea level, wind stress, sea surface temperature and sea–ice extent that propagate eastwards around the Southern Ocean. These anomalies propagate with the circumpolar flow with a time period of four to five years and taking eight to ten years to circle the pole.
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See Also
Further Reading
- Physical Oceanography Index
- W. B. White and R. Peterson. An Antarctic Circumpolar Wave in surface pressure, wind, temperature, and sea ice extent. Nature, 380:699–702, 1996.
- Antarctic Circumpolar Wave, E. Linacre, (accessed March 8, 2010)
