Winds of this type are usually called geostrophic winds. From Wordnik.com. [Wind] Reference
Output would also be less dependent on location than it is on the ground, simply because terrain doesn't matter much when you're at 35,000ft; however, since the jetstream and other "geostrophic" winds don't blow much at latitudes near the equator, it would be useful primarily for middle - and higher-latitudes. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: January 29, 2006 - February 4, 2006 Archives] Reference
Figure 7: A geostrophic wind flows parallel to the isobars. From Wordnik.com. [Wind] Reference
As an explanation for weather patterns, it makes more sense to me than the geostrophic balance, I must say. From Wordnik.com. [To cable or not to cable?] Reference
Surface winds on a weather map do not blow exactly parallel to the isobars as in geostrophic and gradient winds. From Wordnik.com. [Wind] Reference
Relation between the geostrophic flux of the Kuroshio in the Eastern China Sea and its large meander in the south of Japan. From Wordnik.com. [Kuroshio Current large marine ecosystem] Reference
Gradient winds are slightly more complex than geostrophic winds because they include the action of yet another physical force. From Wordnik.com. [Wind] Reference
In this simple model, the overflow is assumed to pass through a channel, sufficiently narrow to allow neglect of geostrophic effects. From Wordnik.com. [Ocean processes of climatic importance in the Arctic] Reference
He who lives in barn and throws out many strawmen burns brightly in the winds of geostrophic chaos with each passing of the Sun, Moon, and stars. From Wordnik.com. [Exponential Growth in Physical Systems #2 « Climate Audit] Reference
The horizontal divergence of the balanced solution becomes important and the traditional balance equation of quasi-geostrophic dynamics must be extended. From Wordnik.com. [Possible ITCZ Influence « Climate Audit] Reference
Simpler still is the concept of geostrophic balance – a near-equilibrium that says that if sea level is forms a round depression, the current velocity in the S Hem is clockwise around it. From Wordnik.com. [GCMs and the Navier-Stokes Equations « Climate Audit] Reference
Finally, Buys Ballot's Law states that when you stand with your back to a geostrophic wind in the Northern Hemisphere, the center of low pressure will be to your left and the high pressure to your right. From Wordnik.com. [Wind] Reference
This pattern was not a consequence of drifting with variable speed geostrophic currents since the direction of movement by sunfish 3 was perpendicular to these. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
This introduction to topics in geophysical fluid dynamics covers the theory of large-scale ocean circulation, geostrophic turbulence, and Hamiltonian fluid dynamics. From Wordnik.com. [AvaxHome RSS:] Reference
(A) Large-scale movement of sunfish S3 in relation to 1/4° altimetry map, depicting averaged mesoscale eddies and geostrophic current direction and speed vectors in the Gulf of Cadiz for the period between 6 November 2008 and 6 February 2009. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
The Gulf of Cadiz during this period was characterised by several cyclonic and anticyclonic eddies and sunfish 3 generally traversed these features, sometimes going with prevailing geostrophic flow, but at other times moving against and across it (daily data not shown, but see. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
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