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isallobaric wind

isallobaric wind

[ī¦sal·ə¦bar·ik ′wind]
(meteorology)
The wind velocity whose Coriolis force exactly balances a locally accelerating geostrophic wind. Also known as Brunt-Douglas isallobaric wind.
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