ESS101C
Prof. Jin-Yi Yu
Summary of Air Motions
q Geostrophic Wind
q       pressure gradient force = Coriolis force
q Cyclostrophic Wind
q       pressure gradient force = centrifugal force
q Gradient Wind
q       pressure gradident force + Coriolis force + centrifugal force = 0
q Inertia Motion
q       No pressure gradient force. Coriolis force = centrifugal force.
Important to ocean currents but not to the atmosphere