| Polarward Energy Transport |
| Annual-Mean
Radiative Energy |
| Polarward
Heat Flux |
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| The atmosphere dominates the |
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| polarward heat transport at |
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| middle and high latitudes. The |
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| ocean dominates the transport at |
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| lower
latitudes. |
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| Polarward heat flux is needed to |
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| transport radiative energy from |
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| the
tropics to higher latitudes |
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| (1
petaWatts = 1015 W) |
