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Pressure-gradient Force Balance

Pressure-Gradient Force Balance is a theoretical construct in atmospheric dynamics that represents the equilibrium condition in which the pressure-gradient force is exactly balanced by the Coriolis force, resulting in steady, straight-line geostrophic flow.

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Physical Mechanisms of Summer Precipitation Variations in the Tarim Basin in Northwestern China

Wei Huang, Song Feng, Jianhui Chen et al. · Journal of Climate · 2015 · 215 citations

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The channelized flow of turbidity currents with application to Monterey Deep-Sea Fan Channel

Paul D. Komar · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1969 · 178 citations

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The force balance of sea ice in a numerical model of the Arctic Ocean

Michael Steele, Jinlun Zhang, Drew Rothrock et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1997 · 152 citations · Full text

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Hurricane storm surge simulations comparing three‐dimensional with two‐dimensional formulations based on an Ivan‐like storm over the Tampa Bay, Florida region

Robert H. Weisberg, Lianyuan Zheng · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2008 · 123 citations · Full text

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Dynamics of the Low-Level Jet off the West Coast of Subtropical South America

Ricardo C. Muñoz, René Garreaud · Monthly Weather Review · 2005 · 122 citations · Full text

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Authors

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    M. K. Yau

    McGill University, Canada

    2 publications · 193 citations

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    A. Runov

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    2 publications · 109 citations

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  3. KS
    K. Sakaguchi

    Nagoya University, Japan

    2 publications · 45 citations

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    Da‐Lin Zhang

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    2 publications · 193 citations

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  5. ED
    E. Donovan

    University of Calgary, Canada

    2 publications · 45 citations

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Institutions

109

  1. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    4 h-index

    12 publications

    640 citations

  2. Planetary Science Institute

    Tucson, United States

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    451 citations

  3. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    295 citations

  4. Eindhoven University of Technology

    Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    315 citations

  5. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    214 citations

  6. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    118 citations

  7. University of Calgary

    Calgary, Canada

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    90 citations

  8. Naval Postgraduate School

    Monterey, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    35 citations

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  1. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 14 publications · 910 citations

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  2. Monthly Weather Review

    12 publications · 662 citations

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  3. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

    5 publications · 198 citations

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  5. Geophysical Research Letters

    4 publications · 183 citations

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