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There is no wilder place on earth
The Southern Ocean is the sailor's Mt Everest,
except less is known about it. Thanks to these links, we can peer into a part of
its incredible nature.
- Animated
five day movies of the Southern Ocean south of 40 degrees. This is an
excellent tool, showing activity in this predictable yet complex ocean.
Moist upper air from the sub tropics billows south to the continent with
such regularity that they look like spokes on a wheel when seen in
animation, yet the low pressure cells which spawn from these cloud bands are
immensely complex. Great stuff!
This composite image is processed by the Space Science
Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison using
data from polar orbiting satellites (NOAA
and DMSP)
but the link originates at Kochi
University in Japan.
- Surface
level pressure at the moment thanks to the Institute of Global
Environment and Science, using the COLA model.
- 96
hour forecast covering the same region.
- 5
day forecast.
- surface
level 24 hour forecast for the southern hemisphere, from the MRF model,
courtesy of IGES-COLA.
- Southern
Ocean from South Africa to 60 degrees south - 24 hour surface pressure
forecast thanks to University
of Cape Town - Climate System Analysis Group.
- Surface winds forecast for the next 24 hours
from South
Africa to 60 degrees south thanks to University
of Cape Town - Climate System Analysis Group.
- Surface pressure of the
Indian Ocean, south to Antarctica thanks to Ocean
Weather. Surface pressure taken from the National Center of
Environmental Prediction's Aviation Model. These maps are plotted every 3
hours, and are available approximately 1 hour after valid time.
- South
Pacific surface pressure from 20 degrees north to 60 degrees south
including New Zealand and Chile, thanks to Ocean
Weather. Pressure data taken from the National Center of Environmental
Prediction's Aviation Model. These maps are plotted every 3 hours, and are
available approximately 1 hour after valid time.
- Antarctic
image showing waters from 40 degrees south to the pole. This image is a
composite of several, but unfortunately does not show enough of the Southern
Ocean north of 50 degrees. Cool, but of little use unless you like looking
at the relatively still atmosphere above the pole. This one comes courtesy
of NOAA NESDIS.
- Southern Hemisphere sea
ice links (includes links to northern hemisphere ice).
- 30
day animation (java required) of Antarctic sea ice
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