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Fig. 12.7
Response of the zonally symmetric circulation to a westward force applied in the shaded
region. Contours are streamlines of the TEM meridional circulation, with the same contour
interval used in each panel. (a) Adiabatic response for high-frequency forcing. (b) Response
for annual frequency forcing and 20-day radiative damping timescale; solid and dashed con-
tours show the response that is in phase and 90 out of phase with the forcing, respectively.
(c) Response to steady-state forcing. (After Holton et al., 1995.)
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