What does ACW stand for?

Antarctic Circumpolar Wave

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Building on this success in unraveling ENSO, meteorologists and oceanographers have begun to identify a host of other ocean-atmosphere oscillations operating in the earth's climate system: the North Atlantic Oscillation, the Arctic Oscillation, the Antarctic Oscillation, the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, the Indian Ocean Dipole, and the Antarctic Circumpolar Wave.

Launching the Argo Armada

The third player is a newly identified phenomenon known as the Antarctic Circumpolar Wave, in which long, low oceanic waves slowly circle the southern continent in a clockwise direction.

Glimpses of a warmer world

These three effects are known as El Nino (or ENSO, short for El Nino Southern Oscillation) for the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean dipole, and a recent discovery, the Antarctic Circumpolar Wave for the Southern Ocean.

Australia's climate Cerberus