TY - JOUR AU - Held, Isaac M. AU - Zurita Gotor, Pablo PY - 2025 DO - 10.1175/jas-d-24-0246.1 SN - 0022-4928 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/123779 T2 - Journal of the Atmospheric Science AB - The Kuo–Eliassen equation provides the mean meridional circulation that must be present for the axisymmetric component of a flow forced by heat and momentum sources to remain balanced as it evolves. It does not tell us whether or not the flow is... LA - eng M2 - 1763 PB - American Meteorological Society KW - Atmospheric circulation KW - Meridional overturning circulation KW - General circulation models KW - Idealized models TI - Misuse of Kuo–Eliassen equation in studies of the climatological mean meridional circulation TY - journal article VL - 82 ER -