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Observed northward eddy heat flux distribution (
◦
Cms
−
1
) for Northern Hemisphere winter.
(Adapted from Schubert et al., 1990.)
Fig. 10.3
with the eddy heat flux by producing adiabatic warming in the region of eddy
heat flux divergence, and adiabatic cooling in the region of eddy heat flux conver-
gence.
The next to last forcing term in (10.15) is proportional to the vertical gradient
of the horizontal eddy momentum flux convergence. However, it can be shown
(Problem 10.5) that
u
v
v
ζ
∂
2
∂z∂y
∂
∂z
−
=+
Fig. 10.4
Schematic Eulerian mean meridional circulation forced by poleward heat fluxes.
