The Seasonality and Partitioning of Atmospheric Heat Transport in a Myriad of Different Climate States

The Seasonality and Partitioning of Atmospheric Heat Transport in a Myriad of Different Climate States

All signs defined wrt the atmosphere (e.g., negative OLR is an energy flux deficit for the atmosphere)

• All signs defined wrt the atmosphere (e.g., negative OLR is an energy flux deficit for the atmosphere)

• Surface heat flux = the total energy flux (radiative plus turbulent) through the surface/atmosphere interface

• In the annual mean, positive SHF is equal to oceanic heat flux convergence

Annual mean of energy budget poleward of 300N (Departures from global annual mean)

Seasonal Extratropical Energy Budget

Annual mean extratropical energy balance

• Global mean energy balance requires:

• OLR’ = 0 or T’T = - T’E = ΔT

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