An equation for the vertical variation of the geostrophic wind in hydrostatic equilibrium which may be written ? (3V/3p) = (R/pf) k X VpT, where V is the vector geostrophic wind, p the pressure (used here as the vertical coordinate), R the gas constant for air, f the Coriolis parameter, k a vertically directed unit vector, and Vp the isobaric del operator.
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