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In fluid dynamics, the baroclinity (often called baroclinicity) of a stratified fluid is a measure of how misaligned the gradient of pressure is from...

well.[citation needed] Extratropical cyclones are classified mainly as baroclinic, because they form along zones of temperature and dewpoint gradient known...

A weather front is a boundary separating air masses for which several characteristics differ, such as air density, wind, temperature, and humidity. Disturbed...

A baroclinic instability is a fluid dynamical instability of fundamental importance in the atmosphere and ocean. It can lead to the formation of transient...

in large regions of enhanced mid-latitude temperature contrasts called baroclinic zones. These zones contract and form weather fronts as the cyclonic circulation...

a lack of fronts, as in the tropics. If there are fronts, the flow is baroclinic, and instabilities such as cyclones can occur. Coriolis effect Circulation...

variation of geostrophic wind in a barotropic atmosphere (a) and in a baroclinic atmosphere (b). The blue portion of the surface denotes a cold region...

a variation in temperature over some horizontal distance. Also called baroclinic flow, the thermal wind varies with height in proportion to the horizontal...

steering flow, provided by an upper level trough of low pressure and a baroclinic system near New Caledonia. Over the next few days the system weakened...

The Eady model is an atmospheric model for baroclinic instability first posed by British meteorologist Eric Eady in 1949 based on his PhD work at Imperial...

directly without the influence of other fronts during the wrap-up of the baroclinic zone during cyclogenesis, and then lengthen due to flow deformation and...

front, also known as baiu front, is a persistent nearly stationary weak baroclinic zone in the lower troposphere. It is located over the east coast of China...

of downdrafts, particularly the rear-flank downdraft, and the role of baroclinic boundaries, are intense areas of study. Reliably predicting tornado intensity...

breaks spontaneously. The RT instability can be seen as the result of baroclinic torque created by the misalignment of the pressure and density gradients...

and long waves a westward group velocity. The terms "barotropic" and "baroclinic" are used to distinguish the vertical structure of Rossby waves. Barotropic...

for expanding Hadley cells have been proposed, involving changes in baroclinicity, wave breaking, and other releases of instability. In the extratropics...

mid-latitudes, convective precipitation is intermittent and often associated with baroclinic boundaries such as cold fronts, squall lines, and warm fronts. Orographic...

meteorology researcher and author of the Eady Model of baroclinic instability, modelling baroclinic generation of weather systems. Eady was born in Ealing...

cyclone rapidly intensifies, dropping at least 24 millibars over 24 hours." Baroclinic instability has been cited as one of the principal mechanisms for the...

by synoptic meteorology include events such as extratropical cyclones, baroclinic troughs and ridges, frontal zones, and to some extent jet streams. All...