
%0 Journal Article
%A Priestley, CHB 
%T A Survey of the Stress between the Ocean and Atmosphere
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1951/09/01
%V 4
%N 3
%P 315-328
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9510315
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9510315 
%X A survey is made of the mean east-west component of stress between the ocean and atmosphere for each season and each ocean, and for the mean of all oceans. The averaging is carried out for each 5&quot; latitude zone from 55 °N. to 55 °S.   The results provide a first approximation to the total torque about the Earth's axis, on the atmosphere as a whole, in the various latitude belts. From them is derived a table showing the distribution of total northward flux of atmospheric angular momentum for the annual mean and the four seasons individually, allowing for the changes occurring during spring and autumn.   A brief comparative discussion of both the stress and flux results is given. 
