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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">In contrast to stationary or [[standing eddies]], the component of the [[eddy]] field that varies with time.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">In this context | <div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">In contrast to stationary or [[standing eddies]], the component of the [[eddy]] field that varies with time.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">In this context "eddy" refers to departures from the [[zonal]] mean, such as the [[migratory]] cyclones and anticyclones in the extratropics.</div><br/> </div> | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:20, 20 February 2012
transient eddies
In contrast to stationary or standing eddies, the component of the eddy field that varies with time.
In this context "eddy" refers to departures from the zonal mean, such as the migratory cyclones and anticyclones in the extratropics.
