I was wondering if anyone could tell me why the Coriolis Force increases in strength so it balances the Pressure Gradient Force for the Geostrophic wind?
I know that it will increase with wind speed and that wind speed increases with latitude (or at least I hope it does from what I've managed to peace together so far), but what if the high pressure was at a higher latitude than the Low pressure then the air flow and speed would decrease with latitude and so the Coriolis Force would decrease as well. Does that mean that you can only get a Geostrophic wind if the high pressure is closer to the equator than the low pressure?
please help
