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The Meridional Flux of Sensible Heat over the Northern Hemisphere Cover

The Meridional Flux of Sensible Heat over the Northern Hemisphere

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Open Access
|Jan 1951

Abstract

The meridional eddy flux of sensible heat is examined by means of finite difference integration methods from northern hemisphere charts for the winter 1945–46. The eddy sensible heat flux is shown to occur principally in the lowest layers of the atmosphere and to decrease with elevation. The magnitude of the eddy sensible heat transports are compared with the total poleward energy flux required by the radiation balance, and are shown to comprise a very large fraction of this flux.

Language: English
Page range: 82 - 88
Published on: Jan 1, 1951
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1951 Robert M. White, published by Stockholm University Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.