atmosphere_helicity

One-half the scalar product of the air velocity and vorticity vectors, where vorticity refers to the standard name atmosphere_upward_absolute_vorticity. Helicity is proportional to the strength of the flow, the amount of vertical wind shear, and the amount of turning in the flow.

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Proposal: Emily Schlie, Eric Engle, and the CAMPS team [Standard names: **]

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