GRADIENT WIND Definition & Meaning

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gradient wind

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noun

a wind with a velocity and direction that are mathematically defined by the balanced relationship of the pressure gradient force to the centrifugal force and the Coriolis force: conceived as blowing parallel to isobars.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of gradient wind¹

First recorded in 1905–10

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One must rise above the ground some distance to get the true air flow, or what is known as the gradient wind, the flow which balances the gradient, i.e. a flow along the isobars.

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