Coriolis parameter

From Glossary of Meteorology

Twice the component of the earth's angular velocity about the local vertical, 2Ω sinφ, where Ω is the angular speed of the earth and φ is the latitude.
Since the earth is in rigid rotation, the Coriolis parameter is equal to the component of the earth's vorticity about the local vertical. If the Coriolis parameter is denoted by f and the speed of a horizontally moving fluid parcel by V, then fV is the magnitude of the horizontal Coriolis force per unit mass on the parcel.
See also Rossby parameter.


parámetro de Coriolis[edit | edit source]

Es el doble del componente de la velocidad angular de la Tierra alrededor de la vertical local, 2Ω senφ, donde Ω es la velocidad angular de la Tierra y φ es la latitud.

Dado que la Tierra está en rotación rígida, el parámetro de Coriolis es igual al componente de la vorticidad de la Tierra sobre la vertical local. Si el parámetro de Coriolis se denota por f y la velocidad de una parcela de fluido que se mueve horizontalmente por V, entonces fV es la magnitud de la fuerza de Coriolis horizontal por unidad de masa en la parcela.
Consulte también el parámetro de Rossby.

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