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Loose Fire Hose and the Aborted Nino

The Antarctic vortex is a whirling dervish that extends from the stratosphere to the deep ocean. Inside the steep gradients that drive this circulation everything is reflected inward and contained. Outside the dervish everything that contacts it receives angular momentum. … Continue reading

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So if the oceanic circulation looks like this: And the resulting 2500m (deep) ocean age looks tile this:  Then what does this mean? Why should a PDO index that basically describes which side of the Pacific Ocean the ancient deep water … Continue reading

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