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geostrophic wind

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    In climate: Relationship of wind to pressure and governing forces

    …motion field known as the geostrophic wind. Equation (1) expresses, for both the x and y directions, a balance between the force created by horizontal differences in pressure (the horizontal pressure-gradient force) and an apparent force that results from Earth’s rotation (the Coriolis force). The pressure-gradient force expresses the tendency…

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