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The 15 pages that link to Geostrophic wind, each with the reason it gives.

• Atmospheric circulationRelated: It approximates much of the free-atmosphere flow away from the equator.

• Coriolis forceRelated: This balance explains much of the flow above the friction-dominated surface layer.

• Jet streamRelated: This balance helps explain why upper-level winds flow along pressure patterns rather than directly across them.

• Pressure gradientBroader topic: It is a large-scale atmospheric flow organized by horizontal pressure gradients.

• WesterliesRelated: Above surface friction, much of the westerly flow approaches this balance.

• Pressure-gradient forceRelated: This balance explains why large-scale winds often flow along isobars instead of directly down the pressure gradient.

• Thermal windRelated: Thermal wind describes how this balanced flow changes with height.

• AnticycloneRelated: This balance approximates winds circulating around large anticyclones away from the surface.

• Gaspard-Gustave de CoriolisRelated: Meteorology uses the force named for Coriolis to explain this balance.

• Buys Ballot's lawRelated: This balance makes wind flow approximately parallel to isobars around large-scale pressure systems.

• Mesoscale meteorologyCompared with: Strong curvature, friction, and acceleration often make mesoscale winds depart from geostrophic balance.

• C. H. D. Buys BallotRelated: This balance makes large-scale wind direction follow pressure contours in a predictable way.

• High-pressure areaRelated: Away from friction and the equator, it flows nearly parallel to pressure contours around highs.

• Wind (meteorology)Broader topic: It approximates flow above the friction-dominated atmospheric boundary layer.

• Zonal and meridional flowRelated: Its components describe balanced horizontal flow around pressure patterns.