- A
geostrophic current is an
oceanic current in
which the
pressure gradient force is
balanced by the
Coriolis effect. The
direction of
geostrophic flow...
- force. This
condition is
called geostrophic equilibrium or
geostrophic balance (also
known as geostrophy). The
geostrophic wind is
directed parallel to isobars...
-
atmospheric science, the
thermal wind is the
vector difference between the
geostrophic wind at
upper altitudes minus that at
lower altitudes in the atmosphere...
- This
condition is
called geostrophic equilibrium or
geostrophic balance (also
known as geostrophy). The name '
geostrophic'
stems from the Gr**** words...
-
While geostrophic motion refers to the wind that
would result from an
exact balance between the
Coriolis force and
horizontal pressure-gradient forces...
-
equation (1858) and Kelvin's
circulation theorem (1869) to inviscid,
geostrophic, and
baroclinic fluids, i.e.,
fluids of
varying density in a rotational...
- that can be
measured in the
atmosphere but are
derived from the quasi-
geostrophic equations and can be used in the
previous diagnostic situations. On meteorological...
- difficulties,
because horizontal winds are
mostly geostrophic, to a good approximation.
Geostrophic winds merely circulate horizontally, and do not significantly...
- result,
geostrophic currents which are near
equator are
obtained with a
weighted blend of the
equatorial beta-plane and
conventional f-plane
geostrophic equations...
-
meteorological term not
referring to an
actual wind, but a
difference in the
geostrophic wind
between two
pressure levels p1 and p0, with p1 < p0; in essence...
