Flux Components
(1)
(2)
(3)
Three components contribute to the zonal- and time-mean transport:
(1) Mean Meridional Circulation (such as the three-cell circulation)
(2) Stationary planetary Waves (such as the wavenumber 1-3 eddies in the
Northern Hemisphere).
(3) Transient Eddies (such as the weather systems = midlatitude cyclones
and anticyclones).