Figure 14. The pole-equator-pole radiation balance (top)
and the poleward energy transport for the atmosphere and ocean (bottom)
necessary to achieve radiative balance. The zonal mean absorbed short wave
and outgoing long wave radiation, as measured at the top of the atmosphere,
are shown with their difference highlighted to show the excess in the tropics
and the deficit at high latitudes. The lower part shows the required northward heat transport
for balance (green), the estimated atmospheric transports (purple) and
the ocean transports (blue) computed as a residual.
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