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Coriolis parameter |
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Coriolis parameter [kȯr·ē′ō·ləs pə′ram·əd·ər] (geophysics) Twice the component of the earth's angular velocity about the local vertical 2Ω sin φ, where Ω is the angular speed of the earth and φ is the latitude; the magnitude of the Coriolis force per unit mass on a horizontally moving fluid parcel is equal to the product of the Coriolis parameter and the speed of the parcel. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The term f represents the Coriolis parameter (see below), [rho] is density, p is pressure, [PHI] represents geopotential (see Appendix 1 for definition), x and y represent the east-west and north-south directions, respectively, and [^. ] is the friction velocity and f is the Coriolis parameter. |
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