RELATIVE VORTICITY The sum of the rotation of an air parcel about the axis of the pressure system and the rotation of the parcel about its own axis. Related term: vorticity ...
relative vorticity—See vorticity.
remote scope—In radar meteorology a “slave' scope remoted from weather radar.
temperature or relative vorticity) from the zonal mean of that field. 4. A closed circulation system produced as an offshoot from an ocean current.
With respect to atmospheric motions, refers to an absolute coordinate system; for example, absolute vorticity as distinguished from relative vorticity. 2.
Absolute vorticity is the combined vorticity due to the earth's rotation and the vorticity due to the air's circulation relative to the earth. Relative vorticity is due to the curving of the air flow and wind shear.
and a height, [ h ] and is calculated as an integral between those limits thus: (Vh - C) x Wh x dh [units=m**2/s**2 ] Where [ Vh ] is the environmental horizontal wind velocity , [ C ] is the storm velocity and [ Wh ] is the local relative vorticity.
[13] Other methods of determining a tropical cyclone's size include measuring the radius of gale force winds and measuring the radius at which its relative vorticity field decreases to 1Ã-10-5 s-1 from its center.[14][15] ...
 See also: Pressure, Surface, Water, Horizon, Meteor
  
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