Antarctic vortex

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Antarctic vortex [ant¦ärt·ik ′vȯr‚teks]

(meteorology)

polar vortex

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No references found			The amount of ozone lost so far this year already exceeds the total lost in 1988, a year when several large weather patterns formed in the Southern Hemisphere and disturbed the Antarctic vortex -- a ring of winds circling the pole that seal off the Antarctic stratosphere. Antarctic ozone hole returns with a bang by Monastersky, Richard / Science News The method works inside the Antarctic vortex because ozone levels there drop to extremely low values. Depleted ring around ozone hole by Monastersky, Richard / Science News Researchers who believed that chemistry was the driving force behind the ozone hole had originally assumed that unusual chemical conditions would extend throughout the entire Antarctic vortex. Antarctic ozone reaches lowest levels by Monastersky, Richard / Science News			Antanas Smetona Antanas Snechkus Antanas Stasevich Barkauskas Antanas Strazdas Antanas Venclova Antanas Vienuolis Antara antarafacial Antarah ibn Shaddat Antarctic antarctic air Antarctic Anticyclone Antarctic Circle Antarctic Circumpolar Current Antarctic Convergence antarctic faunal region antarctic front Antarctic Intermediate Water Antarctic Oases Antarctic Ocean Antarctic ozone hole Antarctic Peninsula Antarctic Region Antarctic regions Antarctic Sidestripe Antarctic vortex Antarctic Zone Antarctica Antares Antasthman antazoline ante Ante Kovacic ante meridian Ante Pavelic Ante Radic Ante Trumbic ante-post ante-temple anteater antebellum antebrachium antecabinet antecedent antecedent platform antecedent precipitation index antecedent stream Antecedent Valley antechamber antechapel Antechinomys			Antarctic Region Antarctic regions Antarctic Research Evaluation Group Antarctic Research Support Vessel Antarctic Research, a European Network for Astronomy Antarctic Science Advisory Committee Antarctic Science, Tourism and Conservation Act of 1996 Antarctic Seismic Data Library System Antarctic Seismographic Argentinian-Italian Network Antarctic Sidestripe Antarctic Site Inventory Project Antarctic Spatial Data Infrastructure Antarctic Specially Managed Area Antarctic Specially Protected Area Antarctic Support Associates Antarctic Terminal Operations Antarctic Territory, Australian Antarctic Territory, Australian Antarctic Territory, British Antarctic Territory, British Antarctic Treaty Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting Antarctic Treaty Consultative Party Antarctic Treaty of 1959 Antarctic Treaty System Antarctic Vexillological Association Antarctic vortex Antarctic Wildlife Research Unit Antarctic Zone Antarctic Zone Antarctica Antarctica Antarctica Antarctica and the Global Climate System Antarctica Service Medal Antarctican Antarctican ANTARCTICDEVRON Antarctophthirus Antares Antares Antares Antares Tactical System Simulator Antarthritic Antarthritic Antartic Antartic Antartic Circle Antartic Circle Antartic Ocean Antartic Ocean Antartica Antartica Antas Antas Antas Antasthman

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