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On the heat balance and maintenance of circulation in the trades
Author(s) -
Riehl H.,
Malkus Joanne S.
Publication year - 1957
Publication title -
quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1477-870X
pISSN - 0035-9009
DOI - 10.1002/qj.49708335503
Subject(s) - sensible heat , latent heat , circulation (fluid dynamics) , climatology , environmental science , trade wind , balance (ability) , walker circulation , distribution (mathematics) , meteorology , geography , geology , mechanics , mathematics , sea surface temperature , physics , medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation , mathematical analysis
The heat balance is calculated for the Pacific north‐east trade during summer and it is shown that the trade exports sensible as well as latent heat. The sensible‐heat gain is related to the surface pressure distribution; it is found that the low‐level circulation in the region considered is self‐driving.