Thermal wind
= Thermal wind
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Thermal-wind balance relates vertical shear of geostrophic flow to horizontal density or temperature gradients. With constant Coriolis parameter $f_0$ and reference density $\rho_0$,
$$
f_0u_z=\frac g{\rho_0}\rho_y
$$
for the sign conventions used here.
= Thermal-wind balance
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