Warming under clouds enhances convective activity in the outer core, broadening the tangential wind field.
Fig. from Fovell et al. (2016) :journals.ametsoc.org/doi/10.1175/AM…
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See Fiorino & Elseberry (1989):journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.117…
Also: dtcenter.org/GMTB/gfs_phys_…
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The ridge strength is key, but so is how each model depicts #Florence's outer core structure.
Fin.