geostrophic wind
51QG — may mean:* Queen s Gambit, a chess opening move * Quasigeostrophic, an atmospheric dynamics theory see Geostrophic wind * Quadrature Generator, see Quadrature amplitude modulation * Quake God, a level in the PC game * Nissan QG engine series …
52Carmen Nicole Moelders — Born Duisburg, Germany Residence …
53BUYS BALLOT, Christophorus Henricus Diederlcus — (1817–1890) Chemist and physicist. After studying mathematics and physics at Utrecht University, Buys Ballot became a lecturer in geology and mineralogy. In 1847, he was appointed professor of mathematics at the same university, and in 1867,… …
54zonal index — A measure of the strength of the middle latitude westerlies, expressed as the horizontal pressure difference between 35° and 55° latitude, or as the corresponding geostrophic wind …
55ELLISON — UNITED KINGDOM (see also List of Individuals) 1.8.1927 St. Annes on Sea/UK 4.12.1976 Isle of Man/UK Thomas Herbert Ellison was educated in physics and mathematics at Clare College, Cambridge. He became a research student at Cavendish Laboratory… …
56Ocean dynamics — define and describe the motion of water within the oceans. Ocean temperature and motion fields can be separated into three distinct layers: mixed (surface) layer, upper ocean (above the thermocline), and deep ocean. Ocean dynamics has… …
57hydrologic sciences — Introduction the fields of study concerned with the waters of the Earth. Included are the sciences of hydrology, oceanography, limnology, and glaciology. In its widest sense hydrology encompasses the study of the occurrence, the… …
58Contourite — A contourite is a sedimentary deposit produced by thermohaline induced deepwater bottom currents and may be influenced by wind or tidal forces.[1][2] Most contourites are formed in continental rise to lower slope settings, although they may occur …
59Jet stream — Jet streams are fast flowing, relatively narrow air currents found at the tropopause, the transition between the troposphere (where temperature decreases with height) and the stratosphere (where temperature increases with height), [United States… …
60Monsoon of Indian subcontinent — Indian subcontinent with flags of individual countries A Monsoon of the Indian subcontinent is among the several geographically distributed observations of the global monsoons. In the subcontinent, it is one of oldest weather observations, an… …
