Diagnosing the vertical structure of the eddy diffusivity in real and idealized atmospheres
The Earth's extratropical troposphere is equilibrated by turbulent eddy fluxes of potential temperature and momentum. The equilibrated state has the remarkable characteristic that isentropic slopes leaving the surface in the subtropics reach the tropopause near the Poles. It has been speculated...
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Wiley Blackwell,
2015-10-06T17:47:41Z.
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