In this article, our goal is to study the singular limits for a scaled barotropic Euler system modeling a rotating, compressible and inviscid fluid, where Mach number $$=\epsilon ^m $$
=
ϵ
m
, Rossby number $$=\epsilon $$
=
ϵ
and Froude number $$=\epsilon ^n $$
=
ϵ
n
are proportional to a small parameter $$\epsilon \rightarrow 0$$
ϵ
→
0
. The fluid is confined to an infinite slab, the limit behavior is identified as the incompressible Euler system or a damped incompressible Euler system depending on the relation between m and n. For well-prepared initial data, the convergence is shown on the lifespan time interval of the strong solutions of the target system, whereas a class of generalized dissipative solutions is considered for the primitive system. The technique can be adapted to the compressible Navier–Stokes system in the subcritical range of the adiabatic exponent $$\gamma $$
γ
with $$1<\gamma \le \frac{3}{2}$$
1
<
γ
≤
3
2
, where weak solutions are not known to exist.