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Introduction to Tropical Meteorology, Ch. 3: Global Circulation: <small>3.1 General Principles of Atmospheric Motion � <br/> </small>3.1.1 Useful Simplifications of Force Balances Important to Large-scale Motions
![Geostrophic Balance The “Geostrophic wind” is flow in a straight line in which the pressure gradient force balances the Coriolis force. Lower Pressure. - ppt download Geostrophic Balance The “Geostrophic wind” is flow in a straight line in which the pressure gradient force balances the Coriolis force. Lower Pressure. - ppt download](https://slideplayer.com/slide/6355432/22/images/4/Gradient+Wind+Balance+Near+a+trough%2C+wind+slows+as+centrifugal+force+adds+to+Coriolis..jpg)
Geostrophic Balance The “Geostrophic wind” is flow in a straight line in which the pressure gradient force balances the Coriolis force. Lower Pressure. - ppt download
![Schematic representations of Cyclones and Tornadoes geostrophic balance... | Download Scientific Diagram Schematic representations of Cyclones and Tornadoes geostrophic balance... | Download Scientific Diagram](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270851119/figure/fig5/AS:668440926908431@1536380144625/Figures-5-Schematic-representations-of-Cyclones-and-Tornadoes-geostrophic-balance-winds.png)
Schematic representations of Cyclones and Tornadoes geostrophic balance... | Download Scientific Diagram
![The balance of forces that describe the velocity v = (u, v) of the jet... | Download Scientific Diagram The balance of forces that describe the velocity v = (u, v) of the jet... | Download Scientific Diagram](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/238542561/figure/fig1/AS:668999343943683@1536513281519/The-balance-of-forces-that-describe-the-velocity-v-u-v-of-the-jet-stream-in-a-the.png)