In fluid dynamics, the baroclinity (often called baroclinicity) of a stratified fluid is a measure of how misaligned the gradient of pressure is from...

well.[citation needed] Extratropical cyclones are classified mainly as baroclinic, because they form along zones of temperature and dewpoint gradient known...

A baroclinic instability is a fluid dynamical instability of fundamental importance in the atmosphere and ocean. It can lead to the formation of transient...

A weather front is a boundary separating air masses for which several characteristics differ, such as air density, wind, temperature, and humidity. Disturbed...

breaks spontaneously. The RT instability can be seen as the result of baroclinic torque created by the misalignment of the pressure and density gradients...

a variation in temperature over some horizontal distance. Also called baroclinic flow, the thermal wind varies with height in proportion to the horizontal...

variation of geostrophic wind in a barotropic atmosphere (a) and in a baroclinic atmosphere (b). The blue portion of the surface denotes a cold region...

with a lower pressure had formed farther north, near Chesapeake Bay, as baroclinic processes began to restrengthen the former hurricane. The extratropical...

vertically-averaged Brunt–Väisälä frequency in the tropopshere or the growth rate of baroclinic waves shed by the cell. The Hadley circulation varies considerably with...

of downdrafts, particularly the rear-flank downdraft, and the role of baroclinic boundaries, are intense areas of study. Reliably predicting tornado intensity...

ideal gas or an isentropic ideal gas. A fluid which is not barotropic is baroclinic, i. e., pressure is not the only factor to determine density. For a barotropic...

temperature of a normal tropical cyclone, but sufficient for a storm of baroclinic origin. Catarina remains the only hurricane strength tropical cyclone...

cyclone, although it restrengthened slightly to hurricane strength, due to baroclinic forcing caused by a frontal system. The cyclone turned to the north-northwest...

by synoptic meteorology include events such as extratropical cyclones, baroclinic troughs and ridges, frontal zones, and to some extent jet streams. All...

in large regions of enhanced mid-latitude temperature contrasts called baroclinic zones. These zones contract and form weather fronts as the cyclonic circulation...

constitutive model Biot instability (surface wrinkling in elastomers) Baroclinic instability Fluid instabilities occur in liquids, gases and plasmas, and...

transition on September 7. The storm maintained its intensity, due to baroclinic processes, generating Category 2 hurricane-equivalent winds. Several hours...

intensifying atmospheric convection—thunderstorms—and heavy precipitation. The baroclinic properties of the Mediterranean region, with high temperature gradients...

wind speeds and higher minimum pressure. This process is also known as baroclinic initiation of a tropical cyclone. Trailing upper cyclones and upper troughs...

atmosphere indicated that the surface center was strengthening, due to baroclinic forcing. In addition to this, analyses of the atmosphere concluded that...

mid-latitudes, convective precipitation is intermittent and often associated with baroclinic boundaries such as cold fronts, squall lines, and warm fronts. Convective...

directly without the influence of other fronts during the wrap-up of the baroclinic zone during cyclogenesis, and then lengthen due to flow deformation and...

Ocean, the remnants of Earl began re-intensify due to the effects of a baroclinic zone. Relatively cool sea surface temperatures near Atlantic Canada prevented...

"Influence of condensation and latent heat release upon barotropic and baroclinic instabilities of vortices in a rotating shallow water f-plane model" (PDF)...

forming. Topography can force a surface low to form when an existing baroclinic wave moves over a mountain barrier; this is known as "lee cyclogenesis"...

and long waves a westward group velocity. The terms "barotropic" and "baroclinic" are used to distinguish the vertical structure of Rossby waves. Barotropic...

waves such as cold fronts and upper-level lows. These are known as baroclinically induced tropical cyclones. There is a strong correlation between the...

formed off the coast of Brazil on 15 May 2004. On 22 February 2006, a baroclinic cyclone intensified quickly and was estimated to have peaked with 1-minute...

cyclone rapidly intensifies, dropping at least 24 millibars over 24 hours." Baroclinic instability has been cited as one of the principal mechanisms for the...

Pacific oceans during the warm season. The jet exhibits both barotropic and baroclinic instability, which produces synoptic scale, westward-propagating disturbances...