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Relative Vorticity

Relative Vorticity is the measure of the local rotation of a fluid element in a horizontal plane relative to the Earth's surface, excluding the contribution of the Earth's planetary rotation, and is defined as the vertical component of the curl of the relative wind velocity vector.

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Feature Tracking on the Unit Sphere

Kevin I. Hodges · Monthly Weather Review · 1995 · 573 citations · Full text

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Examples of Extended Empirical Orthogonal Function Analyses

Bryan C. Weare, John S. Nasstrom · Monthly Weather Review · 1982 · 395 citations · Full text

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Turbulence and waves in a rotating tank

E. J. Hopfinger, F. K. Browand, Y. Gagne · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1982 · 382 citations

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Stable positions of rigid objects in non-coaxial flow—a study in vorticity analysis

Cees W. Passchier · Journal of Structural Geology · 1987 · 366 citations

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An Objective Cyclone Climatology for the Southern Hemisphere

Mark R. Sinclair · Monthly Weather Review · 1994 · 334 citations · Full text

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  1. JC
    Johnny C. L. Chan

    City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China

    8 publications · 471 citations

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  2. JC
    James C. McWilliams

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    7 publications · 611 citations

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  3. KI
    Kevin I. Hodges

    University of Reading, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. PK
    Patrice Klein

    Ifremer, France

    5 publications · 375 citations

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    William Blumen

    University of Colorado Boulder, United States

    5 publications · 112 citations

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  1. Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology

    Nanjing, China

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    60 publications

    2.3K citations

  2. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

    Honolulu, United States

    20 h-index

    40 publications

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  3. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    19 h-index

    41 publications

    2.9K citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    16 h-index

    49 publications

    2.1K citations

  5. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

    Boulder, United States

    14 h-index

    33 publications

    1.8K citations

  6. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    13 h-index

    22 publications

    1.4K citations

  7. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    12 h-index

    40 publications

    1.3K citations

  8. University of Reading

    Reading, United Kingdom

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    20 publications

    2.5K citations

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  1. Journal of Physical Oceanography

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  2. Monthly Weather Review

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  3. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 40 publications · 2.5K citations

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  4. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

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  5. Journal of Climate

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