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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(''Also called'' baroclinic wave.) Any [[migratory]] cyclone more or less associated with strong [[baroclinity]] of the [[atmosphere]], evidenced on [[synoptic charts]] by temperature [[gradients]] in the constant-pressure surfaces, [[vertical wind shear]], [[tilt]] of pressure [[troughs]] with height, and concentration of [[solenoids]] in the [[frontal surface]] near the ground.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">Baroclinic disturbances play an important role in atmospheric [[energy conversion]] from [[potential energy]] to [[kinetic energy]]. <br/>''Compare'' [[barotropic disturbance]].</div><br/> </div> | <div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(''Also called'' baroclinic wave.) Any [[migratory]] cyclone more or less associated with strong [[baroclinity]] of the [[atmosphere]], evidenced on [[synoptic charts]] by temperature [[gradients]] in the constant-pressure surfaces, [[vertical wind shear]], [[tilt]] of pressure [[troughs]] with height, and concentration of [[solenoids]] in the [[frontal surface]] near the ground.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">Baroclinic disturbances play an important role in atmospheric [[energy conversion]] from [[potential energy|potential energy]] to [[kinetic energy]]. <br/>''Compare'' [[barotropic disturbance]].</div><br/> </div> | ||
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baroclinic disturbance[edit | edit source]
(Also called baroclinic wave.) Any migratory cyclone more or less associated with strong baroclinity of the atmosphere, evidenced on synoptic charts by temperature gradients in the constant-pressure surfaces, vertical wind shear, tilt of pressure troughs with height, and concentration of solenoids in the frontal surface near the ground.
Baroclinic disturbances play an important role in atmospheric energy conversion from potential energy to kinetic energy.
Compare barotropic disturbance.
Compare barotropic disturbance.
