Impacts of Wind Stress Changes on the Global Heat Transport, Baroclinic Instability, and the Thermohaline Circulation

Figure 5

Baroclinic instability (): (a) CTR simulation in DJF, (b) CTR simulation in JJA, (c) EQU 50% − CTR in DJF, (d) EQU 50% − CTR in JJA, (e) 46°S 50% − CTR in DJF, and (f) 46°S 50% − CTR in JJA. Units are in day⁻¹.

(a) Eady CTR DJF

(b) Eady CTR JJA

(c) Eady EQU 50% − CTR DJF

(d) Eady EQU 50% − CTR JJA

(e) Eady 46°S 50% − CTR DJF

(f) Eady 46°S 50% − CTR JJA