English Explanatory Dictionary

potential vorticity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. a quantity which is proportional to the product of vorticity and stratification. When applied to air parcels, aids the understanding of cyclogenesis

Word forms

potential vorticity potential vorticities
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