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Gradient wind

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The gradient wind retains the centripetal acceleration of a curved flow as well as the Coriolis force and horizontal pressure gradient force. For cyclonic circular flow in the northern hemisphere, v2/r+fv=ρ−1dp/dr, with r increasing away from the low-pressure centre.

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