Jump to content

File:Pressure chart geostrophic flow(3).jpg

Page contents not supported in other languages.
This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pressure_chart_geostrophic_flow(3).jpg (600 × 397 pixels, file size: 55 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Summary

Description

This is a daily pressure chart of North Atlantic Ocean and Europe based on measured values (analysis).

Source: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/europe/europe_forecast.html Geostrophic-flow conditions are set when the isobars are approximately parallel and equally spaced. The air masses move along the isobars like a stream flow.

An air stream develops between a cyclone NW of Ireland and an anticyclone in the mid Atlantic. A north-westerly stream-like flow sets in between the two counter-rotating curved flows. Close isobars indicate high speeds
Source http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/europe/europe_forecast.html
Author

Licensing

Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom
This file is licensed under the Open Government Licence version 1.0 (OGL v1.0).
Attribution:The Met Office
You are free to:
  • copy, publish, distribute and transmit the Information;
  • adapt the Information;
  • exploit the Information commercially for example, by combining it with other Information, or by including it in your own product or application.
You must, where you do any of the above:
  • acknowledge the source of the Information by including any attribution statement specified by the Information Provider(s) and, where possible, provide a link to this licence;
  • ensure that you do not use the Information in a way that suggests any official status or that the Information Provider endorses you or your use of the Information;
  • ensure that you do not mislead others or misrepresent the Information or its source;
  • ensure that your use of the Information does not breach the Data Protection Act 1998 or the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003.

See the Open Government Licence page on Meta-Wiki for more information.

Original upload log

The original description page was here. All following user names refer to en.wikipedia.
Date/Time Dimensions User Comment
2009-12-26 08:36:51 600 × 397 Xavierstuvw == Summary == This is a daily pressure chart of North Atlantic Ocean and Europe based on measured values (analysis). Source: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/europe/europe_forecast.html == Description == Geostrophic-flow conditions are set when the i

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current10:05, 25 February 2017Thumbnail for version as of 10:05, 25 February 2017600 × 397 (55 KB)FastilyCloneTransferred from en.wikipedia (MTC!)

The following page uses this file:

Global file usage

The following other wikis use this file: