TY - JOUR AU - Zurita Gotor, Pablo PY - 2019 DO - 10.1175/JAS-D-18-0297.1 SN - 0022-4928 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/13385 T2 - Journal of the atmospheric sciences AB - This work investigates the role played by the divergent circulation for meridional eddy momentum transport in the tropical atmosphere. It is shown that the eddy momentum flux in the deep tropics arises primarily from correlations between the divergent... LA - eng M2 - 1125 PB - American Meteorological Society KW - Shallow-water model KW - Rossby-wave propagation KW - Equatorial superrotation KW - Planetary-waves KW - Zonal winds KW - Hadley KW - Shear KW - Instability KW - Signature KW - Evolutiion TI - The role of the divergent circulation for large-scale eddy momentum transport in the tropics. Part I: observations TY - journal article VL - 76 ER -