Transfer of thermal energy between regions. In a constant-property thermal Boussinesq approximation, the advective heat flux per unit area is and transport across a section is its normal component integrated over that section. With zero net volume transport, adding a constant reference temperature does not change that integral. Otherwise the reference and the return-flow budget must be specified. Atmospheric energy transport also includes latent heat and gravitational potential energy.
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