Mid-Ocean Eddies
						q The Gulf Stream and the Kuroshio spin off long-lived eddies via baroclinic and barotropic instabilities. q The role of eddies for heat transport in the ocean is likely much less than in the atmosphere. q The oceanic eddies are best developed well poleward of the latitude of the maximum oceanic transport. q The wind-driven and thermohaline circulations are likely to provide much more important contributions to the meridional heat flux in the subtropics.