Definition of baroclinicity
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
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