Geostrophic balance & Coriolis

Layer 1 — Physicsin the Geophysics subtree

2Ω×v = -(1/ρ)∇P for large-scale atmospheric/oceanic flow; Rossby number Ro = U/(fL) ≪ 1; cyclones, Gulf Stream.

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