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Page 161
... motion of air parcels H f decreasing 630 Thermal gradients and wave formation Rotation rate effects Jet streams. Jet streams are characteristic of a heat - driven circulation between Equator and pole that takes place in a rotating ...
... motion of air parcels H f decreasing 630 Thermal gradients and wave formation Rotation rate effects Jet streams. Jet streams are characteristic of a heat - driven circulation between Equator and pole that takes place in a rotating ...
Page 163
... motion farther to the north . The rotation of flow is measured in terms of vortic- ity , defined as twice the angular velocity of the rotation . Vorticity is produced by the curvature of streamlines and by wind shears . The changes of ...
... motion farther to the north . The rotation of flow is measured in terms of vortic- ity , defined as twice the angular velocity of the rotation . Vorticity is produced by the curvature of streamlines and by wind shears . The changes of ...
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... motion because it is adhesive to the articular cartilages , the motion of the fluid being in the direction of motion of the moving part . The fatty pads project into those parts of the synovial space in which there would be a likelihood ...
... motion because it is adhesive to the articular cartilages , the motion of the fluid being in the direction of motion of the moving part . The fatty pads project into those parts of the synovial space in which there would be a likelihood ...
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