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SUB-GEOSTROPHIC WIND [1 record]

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Record 1 2004-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
DEF

Wind with a speed less than the corresponding geostrophic wind speed.

CONT

In the real atmosphere, winds will resemble the geostrophic wind only in regions where the pressure gradient is uniform (i.e. isobars on weather map are straight, parallel to each other). Often, when isobars are curved or when they converge/diverge ..., the real wind will be faster than (super-geostrophic) or slower than (sub-geostrophic) winds resulting from gestrophic balance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
DEF

Vent de vitesse inférieure à celle du vent géostrophique correspondant.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Física de la atmósfera
DEF

Viento con una velocidad inferior a la del viento geostrófico correspondiente.

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