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INVESTIGATIONS of the relation between wind and pressure in the extra-tropical latitudes show that in the case of large-scale flow the actual wind does not deviate much from the geostrophic wind. Similar investigations at low latitudes have been few. It is generally realized that on account of the small value of the Coriolis parameter at low latitudes one should be cautious in extending considerations based on quasi-geostrophic balance to such latitudes.
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ANANTHAKRISHNAN, R., THIRUVENGADATHAN, A. Relation between Wind and Pressure at Low Latitudes. Nature 205, 166–167 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/205166a0
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