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=== <span class="glossary-term">Southern Annular Mode</span> ===

<div class="glossary-working-groups">'''Working Groups:''' WGI; WGII; WGIII</div>

<div class="glossary-longer-term">'''Full term:''' Southern Annular Mode (SAM)</div>

<div class="glossary-definition">'''Definition:''' The leading mode of climate variability of Southern Hemisphere sea-level pressure and geopotential height, which is associated with the strength and latitudinal shifts in the mid- to high-latitudes westerly wind belt. The SAM is also known as the Antarctic Oscillation (AAO). A positive SAM phase is defined as lower-than-normal pressures over the polar regions and higher-than-normal pressures in the southern mid-latitudes, with a contraction towards Antarctica and strengthening of the westerly wind belt. The negative SAM phase exhibits positive high latitude pressure anomalies, negative mid-latitude pressure anomalies and a weaker westerly flow expanded towards the equator. See Section AIV.2.2 in Annex IV of the AR6 WGI report.</div>
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