baroclinicity

noun

bar·​o·​cli·​nic·​i·​ty ¦ber-ə-klə-¦ni-sə-tē 

¦ba-rə-

meteorology

: the state or condition of being a baroclinic fluid

The process depends only on the horizontal temperature gradients (such as warm advection) in the free atmosphere for the baroclinicity to produce the clouds.

—D. K. Perovich et al., EOS, 12 Oct 1999

Word History

Etymology

baroclinic + -ity

First Known Use

1947, in the meaning defined above

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