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The Antarctic oscillation (AAO, to distinguish it from the Arctic oscillation or AO) is a low-frequency mode of atmospheric variability of the southern hemisphere. It is also known as the Southern Annular Mode (SAM) or Southern Hemisphere Annular Mode (SHAM).

External links

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/precip/CWlink/daily_ao_index/aao/aao.loading.shtml
http://stratus.astr.ucl.ac.be/textbook//pdf/Chapter_5.pdf (chapter 5.2.3)
Animation of Southern Annular Mode in Victoria, Australia
The Southern Annular Mode Introduction to climate dynamics and climate modelling, Université catholique de Louvain

Climate oscillations

8.2 kiloyear event · Antarctic Circumpolar Wave · Antarctic oscillation · Arctic dipole anomaly · Arctic oscillation · Atlantic Equatorial mode · Atlantic multidecadal oscillation · Bond event · Dansgaard–Oeschger event · Diurnal cycle · El Niño-Southern Oscillation · Equatorial Indian Ocean oscillation · Glacial cycles · Indian Ocean Dipole · Madden–Julian oscillation · Milankovitch cycles · North Atlantic oscillation · North Pacific Oscillation · Orbital forcing · Pacific decadal oscillation · Pacific-North American teleconnection pattern · Quasi-biennial oscillation · Seasons · Solar variability

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