Incoming Solar (Shortwave) at TOA
December March
June September
Reflected Solar at TOA
December March
June September
Planetary Albedo
December March
June September
Net Shortwave (Solar) Radiation
December March
June September
Outgoing Longwave (IR) at TOA
December March
June September
Net Incoming Radiation (LW and SW)
December March
June September
Latitudinal Radiation Imbalance
adapted from Trenberth and Caron (2001)
PW=1015 W
Totalheat
transport
Atmosphericheat
transport
Midlatitude weather systems
NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 DAILY300 mb height (m) and winds (m/s) 1 Apr 1997
Janu
ary
300mb
July
surface
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