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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Component of the wind in the direction opposite to that of the horizontal pressure gradient.  2, record 1, English, - countergradient%20wind

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Composante du vent dans la direction opposée de celle du gradient horizontal de pression.  2, record 1, French, - vent%20contre%20le%20gradient

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Componente del viento en dirección opuesta a la del gradiente horizontal de la presión.  1, record 1, Spanish, - viento%20contragradiente

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Nearly circular trajectory of an air particle moving horizontally at constant speed relative to the Earth's surface in the absence of a horizontal pressure gradient. Balance is achieved between the Coriolis and centrifugal forces.  3, record 2, English, - circle%20of%20inertia

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Trajectoire presque circulaire d'une particule d'air se mouvant horizontalement à vitesse constante par rapport à la surface terrestre en l'absence d'un gradient horizontal de pression. L'équilibre s'établit entre la force de Coriolis et la force centrifuge.  2, record 2, French, - cercle%20d%27inertie

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Trayectoria casi circular de una partícula de aire que se mueve horizontalmente a nivel constante en relación con la superficie terrestre, en ausencia de un gradiente horizontal de presión. El equilibrio se establece entre las fuerzas centrífuga y de Coriolis.  1, record 2, Spanish, - c%C3%ADrculo%20de%20inercia

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A depression whose horizontal pressure gradient is weak.  3, record 3, English, - flat%20low

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Dépression de faible gradient horizontal de pression.  2, record 3, French, - marais%20barom%C3%A9trique

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Depresión en la que el gradiente de presión horizontal asociado a ella es débil.  2, record 3, Spanish, - pantano%20barom%C3%A9trico

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

[...] le gradient horizontal de pression est le taux de variation de la pression atmosphérique sur une surface par unité de distance horizontale.  1, record 4, French, - gradient%20horizontal%20de%20pression

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 PHR

Faible gradient horizontal de pression.  1, record 4, French, - gradient%20horizontal%20de%20pression

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A flow gradient in which the horizontal pressure force exactly balances the Coriolis force.  2, record 5, English, - geostrophic%20flow

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record 5,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 6,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A current defined by assuming that the horizontal pressure gradient in the sea is balanced by the sum of the Coriolis and bottom frictional forces...  3, record 6, English, - gradient%20current

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

Record 6,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 7,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT

gradient : In meteorology, the change in the value of an atmospheric variable per unit of horizontal distance, as temperature gradient or air pressure gradient.  2, record 7, English, - temperature%20gradient

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS

In common usage, the term "temperature gradient" is reserved for temperature change with horizontal distance and the term "temperature lapse rate", for change of temperature with height.  3, record 7, English, - temperature%20gradient

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 2 OBS

temperature gradient: term standardized by ISO.  4, record 7, English, - temperature%20gradient

Record 7,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT

gradient : Taux de variation d'un élément météorologique en fonction de la distance. Dans le sens vertical, le gradient de température (gradient thermique) s'exprime en degrés C par 100 m [...] Dans le sens horizontal, le gradient de pression s'exprime en millibars par 100 km ou par degré géographique (111 km).  3, record 7, French, - gradient%20de%20temp%C3%A9rature

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS

gradient de température; gradient thermique : termes normalisés par l'ISO; gradient de température : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes.  4, record 7, French, - gradient%20de%20temp%C3%A9rature

Record 7,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 8,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Westerly jet stream of maximum intensity near the stratopause, in the middle and subpolar latitudes of the winter hemisphere, caused by prolonged radiative cooling of the air in high latitudes during this season.  1, record 8, English, - polar%20night%20jet

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Polar-night jet stream. This jet meanders through the upper stratosphere over the poles. It occurs only during the long winter night. Remember, night is 6 months long over the pole in which winter is occurring. The polar stratosphere undergoes appreciable cooling due to the lack of solar radiation. The horizontal temperature gradient is strongly established between the equator and the pole, and the pressure gradient creates this westerly jet. The temperature gradient breaks down intermittently during middle and late winter in the Northern Hemisphere; therefore, the jet is intermittent at these times. In the Southern Hemisphere the temperature gradient and jet disappear rather abruptly near the time of the spring equinox.  3, record 8, English, - polar%20night%20jet

Record 8,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Courant-jet d'ouest d'intensité maximale près de la stratopause, aux latitudes moyennes et subpolaires de l'hémisphère d'hiver, provoqué par le refroidissement radiatif prolongé de l'air aux hautes latitudes durant cette saison.  1, record 8, French, - courant%2Djet%20de%20la%20nuit%20polaire

Record 8,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Corriente en chorro, del oeste, que alcanza su máxima intensidad cerca de la estratopausa en las latitudes medias y subpolares del hemisferio invernal. Se origina como consecuencia del prolongado enfriamiento del aire por radiación en las latitudes altas durante esta estación.  1, record 8, Spanish, - corriente%20en%20chorro%20durante%20la%20noche%20polar