Pressure gradient force

Japanese: 気圧傾度力 - きあつけいどりょく
Pressure gradient force

...It is basically caused by unequal heating of the atmosphere at various latitudes and altitudes. When the two ends of a mass of air are heated to different degrees, the air expands at the warmer end, creating a pressure difference compared to the other end. This pressure difference creates a force, the pressure gradient force, that accelerates air from high pressure to low pressure, creating wind.
[geostrophic wind]
The pressure difference should be quickly eliminated if the air moves due to the pressure gradient force, but the pattern of pressure distribution does not generally change suddenly and the wind blows relatively steadily because the wind does not cross the isobars, but blows almost parallel to them in a state of equilibrium.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "pressure gradient force" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…これは基本的には種々の緯度と高度における大気の不均衡な加熱によってひき起こされるもので,大気の塊の両端で加熱の度合が異なると暖かいほうでは大気が膨張し他の端と比べて圧力に差が生じるためである。この気圧差のために,高圧部から低圧部へ空気を加速する力,すなわち気圧傾度力が生じ風が吹くのである。
[地衡風geostrophic wind]
 気圧差は気圧傾度力によって空気が移動すればすぐに解消してしまうはずであるが,一般に気圧分布のパターンが急激には変化せず比較的定常に風が吹くのは,風が等圧線を横切らず,平衡状態では等圧線にほぼ平行に吹くからである。…

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