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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">Describes a balance between [[Coriolis]] and horizontal [[pressure-gradient forces]].</div><br/><div class="paragraph">Explicitly, <div class="display-formula"><blockquote>[[File:ams2001glos-Ge19.gif|link=|center|ams2001glos-Ge19]]</blockquote></div> and <div class="display-formula"><blockquote>[[File:ams2001glos-Ge20.gif|link=|center|ams2001glos-Ge20]]</blockquote></div> in which ''f'' is the [[Coriolis parameter]], ''u'' and ''v'' the [[zonal]] and [[meridional]] components of [[velocity]], ''x'' and ''y'' the zonal and meridional coordinates, ''p'' the [[pressure]], and ρ the [[density]].</div><br/> </div> | <div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">Describes a balance between [[Coriolis force|Coriolis]] and horizontal [[pressure force|pressure-gradient forces]].</div><br/><div class="paragraph">Explicitly, <div class="display-formula"><blockquote>[[File:ams2001glos-Ge19.gif|link=|center|ams2001glos-Ge19]]</blockquote></div> and <div class="display-formula"><blockquote>[[File:ams2001glos-Ge20.gif|link=|center|ams2001glos-Ge20]]</blockquote></div> in which ''f'' is the [[Coriolis parameter]], ''u'' and ''v'' the [[zonal]] and [[meridional]] components of [[velocity]], ''x'' and ''y'' the zonal and meridional coordinates, ''p'' the [[pressure]], and ρ the [[density]].</div><br/> </div> | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:03, 25 April 2012
geostrophic balance
Describes a balance between Coriolis and horizontal pressure-gradient forces.
Explicitly, and in which f is the Coriolis parameter, u and v the zonal and meridional components of velocity, x and y the zonal and meridional coordinates, p the pressure, and ρ the density.
