A PRACTICAL, BASIC GUIDE TO QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC …
A PRACTICAL, BASIC GUIDE TO QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC THEORY RESPONSE TO GEOSTROPHIC DEFORMATION AGEOSTROPHIC MOTION JET STREAKS TED FUNK Science and Operations Officer National Weather Service Louisville, Kentucky February 2011 TABLE OF CONTENTS SUBJECT PAGE QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC momentum equations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mass continuity equation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC vorticity equation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC thermodynamic equation.
negative. Therefore, from Equation 8, the geostrophic relative vorticity is inversely related to the height field, i.e., when (height) is a maximum (minimum) in a ridge (trough) axis, then relative vorticity is a minimum (maximum). This makes sense! Using …
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