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In this chapter, convective, moist, and dynamic vorticity vectors are defined as the cross products of relative vorticity vector and gradients of equivalent potential temperature and specific humidity and wind vector, respectively. These vorticity vectors and cloud hydrometeor are highly correlated. The tendency equations of these vorticity vectors are derived to show the linkage between dynamic, thermodynamic, and cloud microphysical processes. These vorticity vectors are compared in the two- and three-dimensional frameworks.
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Li, X., Gao, S. (2016). Convective, Moist, and Dynamic Vorticity Vectors. In: Cloud-Resolving Modeling of Convective Processes. Springer Atmospheric Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26360-1_10
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