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Heck 1979

Heck, W.J., 1979: An observational test of the quasi-geostrophic Relation between eddy momentum flux convergence and eddy fluxes of potential vorticity and potential temperature. J. Atmos. Sci., 36, 785-791, doi:10.1175/1520-0469(1979)036<0785:AOTOTQ>2.0.CO;2.

The quasi-geostrophic relation between the fluxes of momentum, potential vorticity and potential temperature is tested with atmospheric data by computing the convergence of momentum flux as a residual of of the potential temperature and potential vorticity flux and comparing it to the momentum flux convergence computed directly. It is shown that in the troposphere between 18 and 74°N the observed momentum flux convergence differs from the quasi-geostrophic convergence by 25-60% depending on tropospheric level and season.

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@article{he09100s,
  author={Heck, W. J.},
  title={An observational test of the quasi-geostrophic Relation between eddy momentum flux convergence and eddy fluxes of potential vorticity and potential temperature},
  year={1979},
  journal={Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences},
  volume={36},
  pages={785--791},
  doi={10.1175/1520-0469(1979)036%3C0785%3AAOTOTQ%3E2.0.CO;2},
}

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TY  - JOUR
ID  - he09100s
AU  - Heck, W. J.
PY  - 1979
TI  - An observational test of the quasi-geostrophic Relation between eddy momentum flux convergence and eddy fluxes of potential vorticity and potential temperature
JA  - J. Atmos. Sci.
JO  - Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
VL  - 36
SP  - 785
EP  - 791
DO  - 10.1175/1520-0469(1979)036%3C0785%3AAOTOTQ%3E2.0.CO;2
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