Equatorial bulge

From Glossary of Meteorology



equatorial bulge

The gross deviation of the earth from a spherical shape due to its rotation.

The approximate shape of the earth is an ellipsoid. The equatorial radius is about 7 km greater and the polar radius about 14 km less than the corresponding radius of a sphere with the same volume as the earth.


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