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Convective term
...os-Cex08]]</div> is a [[convective acceleration]]. These are the nonlinear terms in Eulerian expressions for the rate of change of the [[dependent variable

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Perturbation technique
...]], [[Reynolds averaging]].</div><br/> </div><div class="reference">Starr, V. P. 1966. Physics of Negative Viscosity Phenomena. McGraw-Hill Pub. Co., .

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Inertial current
...re ''f'' is the [[Coriolis parameter]]. Thus, the radius of curvature is ''V''/''f'', which is about 10 km for a 1 m s<sup>-1</sup> current.</div><br/>

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Centrifugal force
...be written as ''V''<sup>2</sup>/''R'', in terms of the [[linear]] speed ''V''. This force (per unit mass) is equal and opposite to the [[centripetal a

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Contra solem
...sole]].</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">(These terms were introduced by V. W. Ekman in 1923.) <br/>''See also'' [[withershins]].</div><br/> </div>

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Wind shear
...ssed in terms of height ∂''V''/∂''z'' or of [[pressure]] ∂''V''/∂''p'' as the vertical coordinate. If the [[wind]] is [[geostrophic

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Isallobaric wind
...k''' is the vertical unit [[vector]], ''f'' the [[Coriolis parameter]], '''V'''<sub>''g''</sub> the [[geostrophic wind]], α the [[specific volu

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Flux richardson number
...rature]], ''T''<sub>''v''</sub> is the [[virtual temperature]], (''U'', ''V'') are the horizontal Cartesian [[wind]] components from the west and the

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Thermal wind
...n Hemisphere and to the right in the Southern Hemisphere. Its magnitude ''V''<sub>''T''</sub> is given by the formula <div class="display-formula"><bl

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Shear production
...average. The ratio of the buoyant to the negative of the shear production terms is also known as the [[flux Richardson number]] and is a measure of [[dynam

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Divergence equation
...]] of the vector [[equations of motion|equation of motion]]. When the two terms in the divergence are neglected, this equation becomes the [[balance equati

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Deformation
...pure shearing deformation field (''u'' = ''a''′<sub>0</sub>''y'', ''v'' = ''a''′<sub>0</sub>''x'') is also characterized by rectangular hyp

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Dry adiabat
...glos-De49]]</blockquote></div> where ''c''<sub>''p''</sub> and ''c''<sub>''v''</sub> are the [[specific heats]] of [[dry air]] at constant pressure and

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S-values
...if|link=|center|ams2001glos-Se2]]</blockquote></div> where Δ<sub>''v''</sub>''D'' is the [[variation]] in [[D-value]] for a given Δ''z''

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Omega equation
...agraph">The right-hand side of the omega equation can also be expressed in terms of the [[divergence]] of the '''Q''' [[vector]].</div><br/> </div><div cla

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Random error
...value) is a numerical constant common to all members of the series and ''v''<sub>i</sub>, the random error, is an unpredictable [[deviation]] from &#x

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Vorticity equation
...rgence]]. The second term on the right is the [[Rossby parameter]] times ''v'' and represents the change in vorticity resulting from latitudinal displa

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Advection
...northward, and vertically upward directions, respectively. The first two terms compose the [[horizontal advection]] and the last term is the [[vertical a

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Tendency equation
...ure due to vertical motion through the level ''h''. In general, these two terms balance one another so that the pressure tendency is obtained as a small d

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