Rossby number: Ro = U/(L·f)

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The Rossby number Ro = U/(L·f) is the fundamental dimensionless control parameter of rotating-fluid dynamics, measuring the relative importance of advective (inertial) acceleration ~U²/L to Coriolis acceleration ~f·U. Here U is a…

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