5. the Mean Meridional Circulation
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(3) Here the square brackets denote zonal means, RΤ is the net radiation at the top of the atmosphere, and a time average has been used to eliminate the tendency term. Eq. (3) expresses the requirement of total energy balance for a “ring” of air along a latitude circle. By further integration of (3) with respect to latitude, we can obtain the meridional energy transport by the atmosphere, with dimensions of energy per unit time, much as we worked out the meridional energy transport by the atmosphere and ocean combined in Chapter 1, based on the net top-ofthe-atmosphere radiation. Observations of this atmospheric total meridional energy transport are discussed below.
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