
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Priestley, CHB 
T1  - A Survey of the Stress between the Ocean and Atmosphere
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 1951
VL  - 4
IS  - 3
SP  - 315
EP  - 328
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9510315 
N2  - 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. 
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