Abstract: The forcing of the time-mean flow by transient eddies is examined within the framework of a quasi-geostrophic equation relating the geopotential tendency to the convergence of transient eddy transports of heat and vorticity. ...

Abstract: The effect of horizontal transports of momentum and heat by transient eddies (TE) on the time-mean flow is studied by examining the relevant terms in a local budget of quasi-geostrophic potential vorticity. Two long-term ...