Porovnat metody

	Termický vítr	Geostrofický vítr
Obor	Meteorologie	Meteorologie
Rodina	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Rok vzniku	1920s	1857
Tvůrce	Jacobbian insights from geostrophic flow	Buys Ballot, Coriolis
Typ	Wind-temperature relationship	Wind balance principle
Původní zdroj	Holton, J. R. (2004). An Introduction to Dynamic Meteorology (4th ed.). Academic Press.	Holton, J. R. (2004). An Introduction to Dynamic Meteorology (4th ed.). Academic Press.
Další názvy	Thermal wind, Vertical wind shear, Barotropic	Geostrophic wind, Geostrophic balance, Geostrophic approximation
Příbuzné	3	3
Shrnutí	The thermal wind relationship is a fundamental meteorological principle that links vertical wind shear to horizontal temperature gradients. It states that wind speed increases with height in the direction of warming—a direct consequence of hydrostatic and geostrophic balance combined with the ideal gas law.	Geostrophic wind balance is a fundamental concept in meteorology that describes the balance between the pressure gradient force and the Coriolis force in large-scale atmospheric flow. When this balance is achieved, wind blows parallel to isobars without acceleration—a condition observed in the free atmosphere away from the equator and surface boundary layer.