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Note on the seasonal variation of the meridional flux of angular momentum

✍ Scribed by V. P. Starr; R. M. White

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1952
Tongue
English
Weight
379 KB
Volume
78
Category
Article
ISSN
0035-9009

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

A marked seasonal variation of the poleward angular‐momentum flux for the northern hemisphere in the vicinity of 30Β°N. latitude is obtained from an analysis of upper‐wind soundings for a period of one year. The angular‐momentum flux appears to be about twice as great during the winter as during the summer. Indications of a mean meridional circulation of the strength and character necessary to provide a substantial flux of angular momentum are lacking. It is suggested that the horizontal eddy flux of angular momentum across 30Β°N. latitude is sufficient to account for the drain of this momentum in middle latitudes.

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## Abstract A pilot study of the horizontal eddy transport of angular momentum in the meridional direction, based on radio wind observations over the North American sector of the northern hemisphere, is presented. The results are in harmony with general frictional requirements except that the trans