@article{PAR00000265, title = {{C}limate variability at {M}arion {I}sland, {S}outhern {O}cean, since 1960}, author = {{R}ouault, {M}. and {M}{\'e}lice, {J}ean-{L}uc and {R}eason, {C}.{J}.{C}. and {L}utijeharms, {J}.{R}.{E}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {[1] {I}n recent decades, instrumental data recorded at the {S}outh {A}frican {W}eather {S}ervice station on {M}arion {I}sland ( 46 degrees 54'{S} and 37 degrees 51'{E}) in the {S}outhern {O}cean shows that the local climate of this island has undergone significant changes since the 1960s, mostly in austral summer. {T}hese include a decrease in rainfall, an increase in nonrainy days, changes in wind speed and direction, and an increase in maximum and minimum local air temperature and in nearshore sea surface temperature. {T}his study analyzes surface temperature, pressure, sea surface temperature, and rainfall recorded daily at {M}arion {I}sland together with {NCEP} reanalyses to explore the mechanisms potentially associated with these changes. {I}t is suggested that the changes to the local climate of {M}arion {I}sland are linked to the well-documented shift in phase of the semiannual oscillation in the {S}outhern {H}emisphere after about 1980.}, keywords = {{MARION} {ILE} ; {OCEAN} {INDIEN}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{J}ournal of {G}eophysical {R}esearch {O}ceans}, volume = {110}, numero = {{C}5}, pages = {art. no. {C}05007}, ISSN = {0148-0227}, year = {2005}, DOI = {10.1029/2004{JC}002492}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00000265}, }