Abstract
The large-scale eddies in the extratropics are assumed to be in exact geostrophic and hydrostatic balance. An attempt is made to parameterize these eddies through arithmetic mean and root mean square values of the horizontal and vertical slopes of the zonal harmonic components. The implications of the two types of parameterization for the meridional transfers of momentum and sensible heat and the partitioning of the zonal variances of momentum and temperature in terms of their availability for poleward transport (which involves the proper depiction of the eddies) are discussed.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v28i3.10280 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 193 - 196
Submitted on: May 26, 1975
Accepted on: Sep 1, 1975
Published on: Jan 1, 1976
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1976 S. Srivatsangam, published by Stockholm University Press
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