Eliassen equation for residual circulation

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Eliassen equation for residual circulation by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-28 Updated 2026-11-05
For constant Coriolis parameter and buoyancy frequency , thermal-wind balance and transformed mean-flow equations give
where is the residual-circulation streamfunction and is the Eliassen–Palm flux.

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