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geostrophic

[ jee-uh-strof-ik, -stroh-fik ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to the balance between the Coriolis force and the horizontal pressure force in the atmosphere.


geostrophic

/ ˌːəʊˈٰɒɪ /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or caused by the force produced by the rotation of the earth

    geostrophic wind

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of geostrophic1

First recorded in 1915–20; geo- + strophic
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Theiss, J. Equatorward energy cascade, critical latitude, and the predominance of cyclonic vortices in geostrophic turbulence.

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Sayanagi, K. M., Showman, A. P. & Dowling, T. E. The emergence of multiple robust zonal jets from freely evolving, three-dimensional stratified geostrophic turbulence with applications to Jupiter.

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Nikurashin, M. & Ferrari, R. Radiation and dissipation of internal waves generated by geostrophic motions impinging on small-scale topography: theory.

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The geostrophic jolt, statesmen grimly reveal, has knocked the earth 11� off its axis and, what is in finitely worse, has steeply deflected its orbit.

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