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#<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">( | #<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(''Or'' barotropic wave.) A [[wave disturbance]] in a two-dimensional flow, the driving mechanism for which lies in the [[variation]] of [[vorticity]] of the basic current and/or in the variation of the vorticity of the earth about the local vertical.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">Such wave disturbances are also known as [[Rossby waves]]. <br/>''See also'' [[barotropic instability]].</div><br/> </div> | ||
#<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">An [[atmospheric wave]] of [[cyclonic scale]] in which [[troughs]] and [[ridges]] are approximately vertical.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph"><br/>''See'' [[cyclone wave]], [[short wave]], [[barotropy]]; <br/>''compare'' [[baroclinic disturbance]].</div><br/> </div> | #<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">An [[atmospheric wave]] of [[cyclonic scale]] in which [[troughs]] and [[ridges]] are approximately vertical.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph"><br/>''See'' [[cyclone wave]], [[short wave]], [[barotropy]]; <br/>''compare'' [[baroclinic disturbance]].</div><br/> </div> | ||
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barotropic disturbance[edit | edit source]
- (Or barotropic wave.) A wave disturbance in a two-dimensional flow, the driving mechanism for which lies in the variation of vorticity of the basic current and/or in the variation of the vorticity of the earth about the local vertical.
