This condition is called geostrophic equilibrium or geostrophic balance (also known as geostrophy). The geostrophic wind is directed parallel to isobars...

In atmospheric science, the thermal wind is the vector difference between the geostrophic wind at upper altitudes minus that at lower altitudes in the...

isobars show the direction of geostrophic winds. Geostrophic flow may be either barotropic or baroclinic. A geostrophic current may also be thought of...

wind on shore during daylight hours. Thermal wind is a meteorological term not referring to an actual wind, but a difference in the geostrophic wind between...

While geostrophic motion refers to the wind that would result from an exact balance between the Coriolis force and horizontal pressure-gradient forces...

wind component is the difference between actual and geostrophic wind, which is responsible for air "filling up" cyclones over time. The gradient wind...

atmosphere. In the free atmosphere, geostrophic wind relationships should be used. The equation to estimate the mean wind speed ( u z {\displaystyle u_{z}}...

centers is small, and geostrophic flow no longer applies with a useful degree of accuracy. Surface pressure charts supporting gradient-wind conditions Each...

"free atmosphere", where the wind is approximately geostrophic (parallel to the isobars), while within the PBL the wind is affected by surface drag and...

Over a city or rough terrain, the wind gradient effect could cause a reduction of 40% to 50% of the geostrophic wind speed aloft; while over open water...