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Title: holypony idk what this means
Post by: atomic7732 on February 20, 2013, 08:03:46 AM
If the assumption is made that the atmosphere is divergence-free, the curl of the Euler equations reduces into the barotropic vorticity equation. This latter equation can be solved over a single layer of the atmosphere. Since the atmosphere at a height of approximately 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi) is mostly divergence-free, the barotropic model best approximates the state of the atmosphere at a geopotential height corresponding to that altitude, which corresponds to the atmosphere's 500 mb (15 inHg) pressure surface.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barotropic_vorticity_equation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barotropic_vorticity_equation)

http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/Classes/DE/DE.aspx (http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/Classes/DE/DE.aspx)
Title: Re: holypony idk what this means
Post by: tuto99 on February 20, 2013, 01:08:26 PM
Quote from: atomic7732 on February 20, 2013, 08:03:46 AM
If the assumption is made that the atmosphere is divergence-free, the curl of the Euler equations reduces into the barotropic vorticity equation. This latter equation can be solved over a single layer of the atmosphere. Since the atmosphere at a height of approximately 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi) is mostly divergence-free, the barotropic model best approximates the state of the atmosphere at a geopotential height corresponding to that altitude, which corresponds to the atmosphere's 500 mb (15 inHg) pressure surface.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barotropic_vorticity_equation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barotropic_vorticity_equation)

http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/Classes/DE/DE.aspx (http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/Classes/DE/DE.aspx)
First of all, where, how, and/ or why do you find information of this sort in general? XD
Second, you're not the only one who's confused.

Title: Re: holypony idk what this means
Post by: FiahOwl on February 20, 2013, 01:34:46 PM
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Title: Re: holypony idk what this means
Post by: tuto99 on February 20, 2013, 02:07:51 PM
Quote from: FiahOwl on February 20, 2013, 01:34:46 PM
I can tell you what it means, but first I need a cupcake.

Seriously, I know.
*Tuto hands FiahOwl a fluffy cupcake*
Now explain in your own words what it means without using the above links.
Title: Re: holypony idk what this means
Post by: FiahOwl on February 20, 2013, 02:16:49 PM
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Title: Re: holypony idk what this means
Post by: tuto99 on February 20, 2013, 02:18:28 PM
Quote from: FiahOwl on February 20, 2013, 02:16:49 PM
Well, if the assumption is made that the atmosphere is divergence-free, the curl of the Euler equations reduces into the barotropic vorticity equation. This latter equation can be solved over a single layer of the atmosphere. Since the atmosphere at a height of approximately 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi) is mostly divergence-free, the barotropic model best approximates the state of the atmosphere at a geopotential height corresponding to that altitude, which corresponds to the atmosphere's 500 mb (15 inHg) pressure surface.
Lol, I knew you wouldn't know what it meant.
Title: Re: holypony idk what this means
Post by: blotz on February 20, 2013, 02:49:10 PM
to many chars i'm not reading
Title: Re: holypony idk what this means
Post by: atomic7732 on February 20, 2013, 03:49:39 PM
khan academy to the rescue