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Forum: Navigation 19-03-2016, 14:25
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Re: Geostrophic wind scale

The "geostrophic approximation" considers that the wind speed is proportional to the pressure gradient (inversely proportional to the distance between isobars). But the ratio depends on the Coriolis...
Forum: Navigation 15-03-2016, 15:24
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Posted By Hydra
Re: Geostrophic wind scale

Different spacings at different latitudes result from the change in Coriolis force with the latitude.

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