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separated by the spherical Rhines speed. In order to explain the observational finding that the energy

spectrum is proportional to c^2, we put forward a hypothesis based on the criterion of Rossby wave

breaking such that the local meridional gradient of potential vorticity becomes negative, dq/dy < 0,

somewhere in the domain. With a constant m describing a total mass of the atmosphere for unit area, we

have shown that the barotropic energy spectrum of the general circulation E can be represented as

E=mc^2.

Corresponding Author:

Dr. Hiroshi L. Tanaka

Division of Geoenvironmental Sciences

University of Tsukuba

Tsukuba 305-8572, JAPAN

Tel: +81-29-853-4502

Fax: +81-29-853-6879

E-Mail: tanaka@.tsukuba.ac.jp

I hereby certify that this paper consists of original, unpublished work which is not under consideration for

publication elsewhere.

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Hiroshi L. Tanaka

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