US Climate Variability and Predictability Program

Southern Ocean

Array locations and simple schematic of water mass overturning transports
First-ever daily time series of the strength of the abyssal MOC cell in the South Atlantic
Zonally averaged multi-model average shortwave low cloud feedbacks
Latest Earth System Models predict more global warming than their predecessors
Multi-model mean evolution of the Hadley cell edge (defined by streamfunction at 500 hPa) in the 1 percent CO2 increase simulations. Copyright AGU.
Swiftly shifting southward: CO2-forced tropical widening is larger in the Southern Hemisphere
Monthly mean standardized SST anomalies
Teleconnections in the Southern Ocean
Southern ocean carbon flux to the atmosphere
Designing a carbon and heat observing system for the Southern Ocean
A Southern Ocean polynya
Modeling multidecadal cycles of Southern Ocean convection
Three-dimensional pathways of deep water upwelling from the Atlantic Ocean over Southern Ocean topography
Three-dimensional Southern Ocean upwelling pathways
Schematic of the warming response of West Antarctic Peninsula waters to East Antarctic wind perturbation.
Coastal waves drive Antarctic ocean warming
Changes in conservative temperature (upper panels; a,b) and absolute salinity (lower panels; c,d) for the periods of 2016−2007 (left panels) and 2007−1994 (right panels) in the Antarctic-Australian Basin
Deep southeast Indian Ocean waters see accelerated freshening
Sea ice thickness
Antarctic sea ice helps maintain the Southern Ocean overturning circulation
Subscribe to Southern Ocean