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The three-way balance of
horizontal pressure
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gradient, Coriolis force, and the centrifugal force
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is call the gradient
wind balance.
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The gradient wind is an
excellent approximation
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to the actual wind observed above the Earth’s
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surface, especially at the
middle latitudes.
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