Dividing streamline

{
  "id": "MLC-T-MET-000731",
  "term": "Dividing streamline",
  "field": "Meteorology and atmospheric science",
  "definitions": [
    "A specific streamline in a fluid flow that separates two distinct regions of flow, such as air flowing over and around an obstacle. It represents the boundary between fluid parcels that will pass over the obstacle and those that will flow around it. The dividing streamline is often used in fluid dynamics to analyze flow separation and reattachment points.",
    "In the blocked flow region upwind of a mountain barrier, the streamline that separates the blocked flow region near the ground from the streamlines above which go over the barrier."
  ],
  "references": [
    "NWS Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/meteorology/dividing-streamline/"
}