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132 - ATPL - The geostrophic wind is greater than the gradient wind around a low pressure system because the:

Question 132 - Meteorology - ATPL - Airline Transport Pilot license

Centrifugal force is added to the pressure gradient
Centrifugal force opposes the pressure gradient
Coriolis force opposes to the centrifugal force
Coriolis force is added to the pressure gradient

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