A study on the Antarctic circumpolar wave mode-A coexistence system of standing and traveling wave

Yizhen, Li and Jinping, Zhao (2006) A study on the Antarctic circumpolar wave mode-A coexistence system of standing and traveling wave. Advances in Polar Science, 17 (2). pp. 100-110.

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Abstract

The Antarctic circumpolar wave (ACW) has become a focus of the air-sea coupled Southern Ocean study since 1996, when it was discovered as an air-sea coupled Current (ACC). In order to analyze the mechanism of discontinuity along the latitudinal propagation, a new idea that ACW is a system with a traveling wave in the Southern Pacific and Atlantic Ocean and with a concurrent standing wave in the southern Indian Ocean is proposed in this paper. Based on the ideal wave principle, the average wave parameters of ACW is achieved using a non-linear approximation method, by which we find that the standing part and the traveling part possess similar radius frequency, proving their belonging to an integral system. We also give the latitudinal distribution of wave speed with which we could tell the reason for steady propagation during the same period. The spatial distribution of the propagation reveals complex process with variant spatial and temporal scales - The ENSO scale oscillation greatly impacts on the traveling process, while the result at the south of Australia indicates little connection between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific, which may be blocked by the vibration at the west of the Pacific. The advective effect of ACC on the propagation process should be examined clearly through dynamical method.

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Keywords:	The Antarctic circumpolar wave, Sea level pressure, Wave propagation system, Traveling wave, Standing wave, Oscillation
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Date Deposited:	13 Jun 2023 12:39
URI:	http://library.arcticportal.org/id/eprint/2311

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