 Potential vorticity (source code)

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= Potential vorticity
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Potential vorticity combines fluid rotation with stretching and stratification. For an inviscid barotropic shallow-water layer,
$$
q=\frac{f+\zeta}{h},
$$
where $\zeta$ is relative vorticity and $h$ is layer thickness.

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