The association between latitudinal temperature gradient and eddy transport. Part 1: transport of sensible heat in winter.

Abstract

When the total eddy transport of sensible heat in middle latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere increases in winter, the zonally averaged temperature gradient in the subtropics tends to increase, while the temperature gradient decreases in the same latitude as, and N of, the given total eddy flux. This effect is associated mainly with the flux in the quasi-stationary or mean waves. -from Author