Equilibration of an Atmosphere by Adiabatic Eddy Fluxes

A major question for climate studies is to quantify the role of turbulent eddy fluxes in maintaining the observed atmospheric mean state. Both the equator-to-pole temperature gradient and the static stability of the extratropical atmosphere are set by a balance between these eddy fluxes and the radi...

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Main Authors: Jansen, Malte Friedrich, Ferrari, Raffaele
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Meteorological Society 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/87782
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3736-1956