Alternate Definitions for book end vorticities

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Term: book end vorticities
Definition:

Mesoscale vortices observed at the ends of a line segment of convective cells, usually cyclonic on the northern end of the system and anticyclonic on the southern end, for an environment of westerly vertical wind shear

Created 2023.04.16
Last Modified 2023.04.16
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