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Global energy transports and the influence of clouds on transport requirements - A satellite analysisThis report investigates the impact of differential net radiative heating on 2D energy transports within the atmosphere ocean system and the role of clouds on this process. The 2D mean energy transports, in answer to zonal and meridional gradients in the net radiation field, show an east-west coupled dipole structure in which the Pacific acts as the major energy source and North Africa as the major energy sink. It is demonstrated that the dipole is embedded in the secondary energy transports arising mainly from the differential heating between land and oceans in the tropics in which the tropical east-west (zonal) transports are up to 30 percent of the tropical north-south (meridional) transports.
Document ID
19920064724
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Sohn, Byung-Ju
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Smith, Eric A.
(Florida State University Tallahassee, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
July 1, 1992
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Climate
Volume: 5
Issue: 7 Ju
ISSN: 0894-8755
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Accession Number
92A47348
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: DE-FC05-85ER-25000
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG5-849
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-1840
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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