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unusual facts about Thermal wind


Thermal wind

If we differentiate the geostrophic wind, \mathbf{v} g = \frac{1}{f} \mathbf{k} \times \nabla p \Phi (where \; f \; is the Coriolis parameter, \mathbf{k} is the vertical unit vector, and the subscript "p" on the gradient operator denotes gradient on a constant pressure surface)



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