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ABSOLUTE VORTICITY [1 record]

Record 1 2015-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meteorology
DEF

Vorticity measured in an absolute co-ordinate system. In nearly all cases only the vertical component is implied.

OBS

The absolute vorticity is the sum of the relative vorticity and the vorticity of the Earth (i.e., the Coriolis parameter).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Météorologie
DEF

Tourbillon dans un système de coordonnées absolu. Dans presque tous les cas, on ne considère que la composante verticale.

OBS

Le tourbillon absolu est la somme du tourbillon relatif et du tourbillon de la Terre (c.-à-d. du paramètre de Coriolis).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Meteorología
DEF

Vorticidad medida en un sistema absoluto de coordenadas; en casi todos los casos se supone que sólo se considera la componente vertical.

OBS

La vorticidad absoluta es la suma de la vorticidad relativa y la vorticidad de la Tierra (es decir, el parámetro de Coriolis).

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