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An analytical study of the ageostrophic motion of an air parcel

F. Herbert

subject

Rest (physics)Atmospheric ScienceStatistics::ApplicationsSeries approximationMechanicsFluid parcelMotion (physics)Term (time)Lagrangian and Eulerian specification of the flow fieldClassical mechanicsGeneral Earth and Planetary SciencesInertial motionGeologyGeneral Environmental Science

description

The complete ageostrophic motion of an individual air parcel is discussed. It is shown that the general velocity solution of the equation describing this motion may be expressed in terms of the well-known series approximation of Philipps and a rest term; this term describes the inertial motion of the air parcel about a given initial state.

https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02246464