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baroclinic instability
An instability associated with flows with vertical shear and meridional temperature gradients that grows by conversion of potential energy in the mean flow.
- Szófaj: noun
- Ipar/Tárgykör: Earth science
- Kategória: Oceanography
- Company: Marine Conservation Society
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