GATE XE Atmospheric Science PYQs & Answers — Page 13

Questions 121–123 of 123. Imported answers require independent review unless marked reviewed.

and

are respectively zonal and meridional components of a flow field in geostrophic balance, then the divergence of this flow is

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During the Indian summer monsoon season, depressions do not intensify to tropical cyclones because

P: Indian sub-continent is very hot and large land-sea temperature difference pulls depressions quickly to land before they can intensify into cyclones. Q: southwesterly winds at low level are not conducive for the formation of tropical cyclones. R: SST cooling due to strong monsoonal winds prevents cyclone formation. S: strong zonal wind shear during the monsoon season does not allow warm core formation.

Which of the above statement(s) is(are) correct

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P & Q

Only R

Only S

R & S

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Which among the following statement(s) is (are) correct,

P: ENSO and El-Nino are the same and refer to the warming of Equatorial Eastern Pacific SST. Q: ENSO is an atmosphere-ocean coupled phenomenon and El-Nino is its oceanic part. R: ENSO is an atmospheric phenomenon and El-Nino is an oceanic phenomenon S: ENSO is the oscillatory component of El-Nino having a period of 4.7 years.

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P & R

Only Q

P, Q and S

R & S

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