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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(<br/>''Also called'' standing eddies.) In studies of the [[general circulation]], the eddies  are the departures of a [[field]] (e.g., [[temperature]] <br/>''or'' [[relative vorticity]]) from the [[zonal]] mean of that  field; the stationary eddies are the time-averaged, or time-invariant, component of the [[eddy]] field.</div><br/> </div>
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Latest revision as of 07:13, 30 March 2024

(Also called standing eddies.) In studies of the general circulation, the eddies are the departures of a field (e.g., temperature

or relative vorticity) from the zonal mean of that field; the stationary eddies are the time-averaged, or time-invariant, component of the eddy field.

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