Talk:Primitive equations

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What are $(u, v,ω, T,φ)$ , respectively? -- The Anome 15:49, 30 Aug 2003 (UTC)

u

and

v

are the zonal (east and west) and meridoinal (north and south) velocities (I think),

ω

is the vertical velocity, T is the temperature, and

φ

is the geopotential.

Also, f is the Coriolis parameter, which takes into account the fact that we're dealing with a non-intertial coordinate system.

I'll double check the relavent texts before adding the definitions. --Loren