Open AccessExperiments with the balance equation
Author(s) -
Mayur Sharma,
M. C. Sinha
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
mausam
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0252-9416
DOI - 10.54302/mausam.v26i3.2257
Subject(s) - geopotential , geostrophic wind , balance equation , geopotential height , meteorology , balance (ability) , environmental science , thermal wind , atmospheric sciences , geology , wind speed , mathematics , climatology , wind shear , physics , statistics , precipitation , medicine , markov model , markov chain , physical medicine and rehabilitation
Numerical experiments were performed to solve the balance equation for obtaining the stream function from the geopotential field. The balance-wind derived from the balance is then compared with geostrophic wind. It is observed that the computed balance-wind appears to be a better approximation to the observed wind field than the geostrophic wind derived from the observed geopotential.