Comparer des méthodes

	Vent thermique	Vent géostrophique
Domaine	Météorologie	Météorologie
Famille	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Année d'origine	1920s	1857
Auteur d'origine	Jacobbian insights from geostrophic flow	Buys Ballot, Coriolis
Type	Wind-temperature relationship	Wind balance principle
Source fondatrice	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.
Alias	Thermal wind, Vertical wind shear, Barotropic	Geostrophic wind, Geostrophic balance, Geostrophic approximation
Apparentées	3	3
Résumé	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.