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Potential Vorticity

Potential Vorticity is a conserved fluid dynamical quantity that combines absolute vorticity and stratification, defined as the dot product of the absolute vorticity vector and the gradient of potential temperature, normalized by the density of isentropic surfaces, serving as a fundamental tracer of atmospheric motion in inviscid, adiabatic flows.

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Ertel Potential VorticityErtel's Potential Vorticity

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On the use and significance of isentropic potential vorticity maps

Brian J. Hoskins, M. E. McIntyre, Andrew W. Robertson · Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society · 1985 · 3K citations · Full text

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Leading-edge vortices in insect flight

Charles P. Ellington, Coen van den Berg, Alexander P. Willmott et al. · Nature · 1996 · 1.7K citations · Full text

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A Dynamical Model of the Stratospheric Sudden Warming

Taroh Matsuno · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences · 1971 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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Eliassen-Palm Cross Sections for the Troposphere

Harold J. Edmon, Brian J. Hoskins, M. E. McIntyre · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences · 1980 · 987 citations · Full text

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Geostrophic Turbulence

J. G. Charney · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences · 1971 · 984 citations · Full text

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    Brian J. Hoskins

    University of Reading, United Kingdom

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    Heini Wernli

    ETH Zurich, Switzerland

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    David G. Dritschel

    University of St Andrews, United Kingdom

    48 publications · 2.4K citations

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    Michael T. Montgomery

    Naval Postgraduate School, United States

    27 publications · 3K citations

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    James C. McWilliams

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

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  1. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

    Boulder, United States

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  2. University of Reading

    Reading, United Kingdom

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  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

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    Seattle, United States

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  5. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

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  6. ETH Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

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  7. Colorado State University

    Fort Collins, United States

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  4. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

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