In recent decades, there was a positive trend in the SAM index, that is a shift toward its positive phase [ Marshall , 2003 ], driven by the loss of stratospheric ozone (“ozone hole”) and the increase in greenhouse gas concentrations [ Thompson et al. , 2011 ].
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Seasonally different carbon flux changes in the Southern Ocean in response to the southern annular mode.
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