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Potential vorticityUnits Type

Potential vorticity (PV) is a quantity which is proportional to the dot product of vorticity and stratification that, following a parcel of air or water, can only be changed by diabatic or frictional processes. It is a useful concept for understanding the generation of vorticity in cyclogenesis (the birth and development of a cyclone), especially along the polar front, and in analyzing flow in the ocean. [Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potential_vorticity]

Term

potentialVorticity

Category

Fluid Mechanics

Provenance

UDUnits

Provenance Uri

http://dbpedia.org/page/Potential_vorticity

Note

-

Default Unit

Meter squared Kelvin per kilogram per second

Dimension Symbol

L2M-1T-1?1

Dimension Length

0

Dimension Mass

2

Dimension Time

-1

Dimension Current

-1

Dimension Temperature

0

Dimension Amount

1

Dimension Light

0