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Gross, R.S., Marcus, S.L., Eubanks, T.M., Dickey, J.O. and Keppenne, C.L. (1996). Detection of an ENSO signal in seasonal length-of-day variations. Geophysical Research Letters 23: doi: 10.1029/96GL03260. issn: 0094-8276. |
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Conservation of angular momentum dictates that as the wind-driven axial atmospheric angular momentum changes, so will the length-of-day (LOD). In particular, as the strength of the seasonal zonal winds change, so should the strength of the seasonal LOD signals. Here, observed changes in the strengths of the annual and semiannual LOD signals during 1963--1991 are analyzed and shown to be both significantly correlated (at the 99% significance level) with the Southern Oscillation Index (SOI), and to exhibit trends of comparable magnitude but opposite signs. This reported correlation between the SOI and changes in the amplitude of the seasonal LOD signals demonstrates a linkage between seasonal LOD (and hence seasonal zonal wind) variability and the El Ni¿o/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon. Furthermore, this study suggests that observed variations in the amplitudes of the seasonal LOD signals can be used in study changes in the strengths of the seasonal atmospheric zonal winds on interannual to decadal and longer time scales. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1996 |
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Geodesy and Gravity, Rotational variations, Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, General circulation, Ocean, Earth, atmosphere interactions, Global Change, Solid Earth |
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American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA 1-202-462-6900 1-202-328-0566 service@agu.org |
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