annular

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The results also revealed strong connections to major interannual climate patterns, including the El Niño-Southern Oscillation, the North Atlantic Oscillation, and the Southern Annular Mode.

From Science Daily • Feb. 15, 2026

Annular eclipses occur because the moon’s orbit around the Earth is not a perfect circle, so its distance changes with each orbital cycle.

From National Geographic • Oct. 2, 2023

Annular eclipses, in which the sun appears to rings the Moon perfectly, are worth one day's travel to see.

From Salon • Apr. 27, 2023

Above average rainfall is more likely until at least mid-January because a separate weather system, the Southern Annular Mode, will remain strongly positive until then.

From Reuters • Jan. 4, 2023

The principal were, Saturn and the Annular Nebula of Lyra with the 3-feet; Saturn, a remarkable cluster of stars, and a remarkable planetary nebula, with the 6-feet.

From Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy by Airy, George Biddell