| Abstract from DBPedia | The Arctic oscillation (AO) or Northern Annular Mode/Northern Hemisphere Annular Mode (NAM) is a weather phenomenon at the Arctic pole north of 20 degrees latitude. It is an important mode of climate variability for the Northern Hemisphere. The southern hemisphere analogue is called the Antarctic oscillation or Southern Annular Mode (SAM). The index varies over time with no particular periodicity, and is characterized by non-seasonal sea-level pressure anomalies of one sign in the Arctic, balanced by anomalies of opposite sign centered at about 37–45° N. The North Atlantic oscillation (NAO) is a close relative of the Arctic oscillation. There is debate over whether one or the other is more fundamentally representative of the atmosphere's dynamics. The NAO may be identified in a more physically meaningful way, which may carry more impact on measurable effects of changes in the atmosphere.北極振動（ほっきょくしんどう、英語：Arctic Oscillation：AO）とは、北極と北半球中緯度地域の気圧が相反して変動する現象のことである。テレコネクション（大気振動）の一種で、気温や上空のジェット気流流路等にも変化をもたらす。冬季にこの振動の幅が大きくなると、北半球の高緯度・中緯度地域で寒波やそれに伴う大雪、異常高温が起きる。 (Source: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Arctic_oscillation) |
