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Jet jumping: Low-frequency variability in the Southern Ocean

Date

Authors

Chapman, Christopher

Hogg, Andrew

Publisher

American Meteorological Society

Abstract

The authors study intrinsic variability in the position of jets in a b-plane channel ocean with simple topography using a quasigeostrophic numerical model. This study links the variability in jet position with abyssal anticyclones that form as a result of

Keywords

Keywords: Eddies; Intrinsic variabilities; Low frequency variability; Mesoscale eddy; Potential vorticity; Quasi-geostrophic; Southern ocean; Topographic effects; Atmospheric pressure; Channel flow; Numerical models; Oceanography; anticyclone; channel flow; eddy; j Channel flows; Eddies; Southern Ocean; Topographic effects

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/74495

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Type

Journal article

Access Statement

Open Access

DOI

10.1175/JPO-D-12-0123.1

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