EA: WIND_POTENTIAL_VORTICITY
Status:
SUBM 2009/06/04
Concept definition:
Vorticity which a column of <
AIR
> between two adjacent isentropic <
SURFACE
>s would have if it were brought to an arbitrary standard latitude and then stretched or shrunk to an arbitrary standard <<
THICKNESS
>>; wind potential vorticity.
Attribute value type:
REAL
Unit equivalence class label:
POTENTIAL_VORTICITY
Reference type:
PR
Reference:
[
WMO182
, "potential vorticity"]
Supplemental references:
[
GMET
, "potential vorticity"], [
JMBL
, "vorticity potential"]
Group membership:
ATMOSPHERE
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