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RP4 Teleconnections & Variability Report – December 2020

December 14, 2020 11:45 am Published by Comments Off on RP4 Teleconnections & Variability Report – December 2020

It has been remarkable how much we have achieved in this extraordinarily difficult year. Research coming out of the Teleconnections and Variability program over the past four months has strongly focused on how influences in one part of the world can have direct impacts on another.

Research brief: Hemispheric index fails to capture Variations in winds around Antarctica

November 24, 2020 12:09 pm Published by Comments Off on Research brief: Hemispheric index fails to capture Variations in winds around Antarctica

By grouping weather systems by similar patterns rather than averaging conditions over months, seasons or years, CLEX researchers found that between Australia and Antarctica, the ‘doughnut’ structure of SAM is split into multiple ‘flavours’ and is more likely to have ‘bite marks’ out of it than be a perfect ring.