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PGF
(redirected from Pressure gradient force)

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PGFPressure Gradient Force
PGFProbability Generating Function
PGFPerpignan, France - Llabanere (Airport Code)
PGFPolypeptide Growth Factor
PGFPen Gun Flare
PGFProduction Genomic Facility
PGFPseudo Green Function
PGFPrince George Freenet
PGFPeriodic Green's Function


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Notice, especially from (2), that the geostrophic wind is the result of a balance between two forces, pressure gradient force (PGF) and Coriolis force (CF).
The tapered airway creates a pressure gradient force.
This ring is kept in place by two opposing forces: the centripetal force due to the earth's rotation and a counteracting pressure gradient force.
 
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