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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The first known use of baroclinicity was in 1947
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