- In
fluid dynamics, a
barotropic fluid is a
fluid whose density is a
function of
pressure only. The
barotropic fluid is a
useful model of
fluid behavior...
- The
barotropic vorticity equation ****umes the
atmosphere is
nearly barotropic,
which means that the
direction and
speed of the
geostrophic wind are independent...
- the
orientation of the
pressure gradient, and
therefore the wind, it is
barotropic in nature. The
movement of cold-core
cyclones can be
erratic since they...
- not a
barotropic instability can occur,
leading to the
presence of
vortices (like
eddies and storms). The Kuo
criterion states that for
barotropic instability...
- density. Thus, in a
barotropic fluid (which is
defined by zero baroclinity),
these surfaces are parallel. In Earth's atmosphere,
barotropic flow is a better...
- Maloney; D. L.
Hartmann (September 2001). "The Madden–Julian Oscillation,
Barotropic Dynamics, and
North Pacific Tropical Cyclone Formation. Part I: Observations"...
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Retrieved May 26, 2010. Luz; et al. (2003). "Latitudinal
transport by
barotropic waves in Titan's stratosphere". Icarus. 166 (2): 343–358. doi:10.1016/j...
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William Thomson, 1st
Baron Kelvin who
published it in 1869) states: In a
barotropic,
ideal fluid with
conservative body forces, the
circulation around a closed...
-
computers became feasible. The
first weather forecasts derived this way used
barotropic (single-vertical-level) models, and
could successfully predict the large-scale...
- for
which the
barotropic term
cannot be neglected. For
inviscid fluids, the
viscosity tensor τ is zero. Thus for an inviscid,
barotropic fluid with conservative...
