One of the contributors to wind is the Coriolis force. The Coriolis force arises from the fact that the Earth rotates. | ...

This is called the Pressure Gradient Force (PGF). Pressure Gradient Force Let’s just say the atmospheric pressure over central Florida is lower than the pressure in the Gulf of Mexico.

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We illustrate that energy transport to regional-scale wind farms is primarily governed by horizontal pressure gradients and their interaction with the Coriolis force and turbine-induced surface drag ...

The term 'geostrophic' refers to the situation where, for an observer on the earth's surface, the vortical currents (the circulating currents flowing around the eddy) induce an equal and opposite ...

A mean sea level pressure chart shows the direct relationship between isobar spacing (pressure gradient) and orientation ... mean surface winds (averaged over ten minutes) exceeding gale force (63 ...

EDWARD FISHMAN is a Senior Research Scholar at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy and the author of ...