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PREFERRED TERM

POTENTIAL VORTICITY  

DEFINITION

  • (Sometimes called absolute potential vorticity.) The specific volume times the scalar product of the absolute vorticity vector and the gradient of potential temperature.

BROADER CONCEPT

CHANGE NOTE

  • 2017-04-21 12:39:26.0 [tstevens] Insert Concept add broader relation (POTENTIAL VORTICITY [72edbeca-b608-4f2d-8aba-492c8e6615b8,278929] - VORTICITY [858a80ff-5aa4-4590-b2e2-e88a802a6ee4,83361]);
  • 2017-04-21 12:41:38.0 [tstevens] insert Definition (id: null text: (Sometimes called absolute potential vorticity.) The specific volume times the scalar product of the absolute vorticity vector and the gradient of potential temperature. language code: en);

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https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/72edbeca-b608-4f2d-8aba-492c8e6615b8

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