Geostrophic-wind Definition

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(meteorology) A wind whose direction and speed are determined by a balance of the horizontal pressure gradient force and the force due to the earth's rotation to the left in the northern hemisphere and to the right in the southern hemisphere.

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(meteorology) That horizontal wind velocity for which the Coriolis force exactly balances the horizontal pressure gradient force. The geostrophic wind is thus directed along the contour lines on a constant-pressure surface (along the isobars in a geopotential surface) with low elevations (low pressure) to the left in the northern hemisphere and to the right in the southern hemisphere.
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Singular:
geostrophic-wind
Plural:
geostrophic winds

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