Vortex

From Glossary of Meteorology
Revision as of 19:19, 26 January 2012 by imported>Perlwikibot (Created page with " {{TermHeader}} {{TermSearch}} <div class="termentry"> <div class="term"> == vortex == </div> <div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">In its most general ...")
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)



vortex

In its most general use, any flow possessing vorticity.

More often the term refers to a flow with closed streamlines or to the idealized case in which all vorticity is concentrated in a vortex filament.

Retrieved from "https://glossary.ametsoc.org/w/index.php?title=Vortex&oldid=2953"
Powered by MediaWiki