7h 



Mean Annual Heat Budget 

 of the Oceans 



(after Budyko) 



120 



100 



80- 



w 60 



E 



o 40 



o 



o 





20 



-20 









vo 



60 



40 



20 



20 



40 



60 



N 

 Degi 



jrees Latitude 



Figure U (after Budyko, 1956). Annual heat budget of the ocean. Units, 

 kg calories per cm^ per year. Qg is evaporation; Qg is sensible heat 

 transfer; R is the radiation balance, and Q^q is the oceanic flux 

 divergence, computed as residual to balance the budget. 



