Geography Reference
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d
Grid distance
e
Internal energy per unit mass
f
Coriolis parameter (
≡
2 sin φ)
g
Magnitude of gravity
g
Gravity
g*
Gravitational acceleration
h
Depth of fluid layer; moist static energy (Section 9.5)
i
Square root of minus one
i
Unit vector along the x axis
j
Unit vector along the y axis
k
Unit vector along the z axis
k
Zonal wave number
l
Mixing length; meridional wave number (Section 7.5)
m
Mass element; vertical wave
number (Section 7.4); planetary wave number (Section 13.5)
m
v
Molecular weight of water
n
Distance in direction normal to a parcel trajectory; meridional index for
equatorial waves (Section 11.4)
n
Unit vector normal to a parcel trajectory
p
Pressure
p
s
Standard constant pressure; surface pressure in σ coordinates
(Section 10.3)
q
Quasi-geostrophic potential vorticity; water vapor mixing ratio
(Section 9.5)
q
s
Saturation mixing ratio
r
Radial distance in spherical coordinates
r
A position vector
s
Generalized vertical coordinate; distance along a parcel trajectory (Sec-
tion 3.2); entropy (Section 2.7); dry static energy (Section 9.5)
