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At 30°N and 700 hPa pressure level, wind field is in gradient balance. If the gradient wind speed is 50 m s

and radius of curvature of the flow is 50 km, the corresponding geostrophic wind speed is ________ m s

. (Give the answer to one decimal place.) Take the angular velocity of the Earth as 7.3×10

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In a tropical cyclone over the Pacific Ocean, surface pressure at 500 km from the cyclone centre is 1000 hPa. Surface pressure at the centre is 900 hPa. Sea surface temperature and surface air temperature remain constant at 28°C and 27°C, respectively. Difference in potential temperature between 500 km and cyclone centre is ________ K. (Give the answer to two decimal places.) Take g = 9.8 m s

, C

= 1005 J kg

, gas constant R = 287 J kg

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A cloud forms by the lifting of moist air from the surface with the initial conditions T

= 30°C, RH = 80% and P

= 1005 hPa. If the vapour pressure of this parcel at 500 hPa is 6.5 hPa, the liquid water content of the parcel if no precipitation takes place is ________ gm kg

. (Give the answer to one decimal place.) Saturation vapour pressure of water at 30°C is 42.43 hPa.

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A numerical model of the atmosphere uses sigma (σ) coordinate system in vertical. At locations P and Q, surface pressures are 1005 hPa and 500 hPa, respectively. Absolute difference in the heights of σ = 0.9 level between these locations is ________ meters. (Give the answer to one decimal place.) Layer mean temperatures at P and Q are 300 K and 270 K, respectively. (Take g = 9.8 m s

gas constant R = 287 J kg

)

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If difference in sea surface elevation is 1 m in 100 km at 30° N latitude, the corresponding geostrophic current is ________ m s

. (Give the answer to one decimal place.) Take g = 9.8 m s

and angular velocity of the Earth = 7.3×10

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If wind speed over ocean surface is 10 m s

, air-sea interface momentum flux is ________ N m

. (Give the answer to two decimal places.) Surface air temperature and pressure are 27°C and 1000 hPa, respectively. Take drag coefficient as 0.001 and gas constant R = 287 J kg

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Let L

, L

be length scales in x- and y-directions and corresponding mass transports are M

and M

. The ratio of M

and M

(to nearest integer) is ________ , if the ratio of L

and L

is 10 and vertical velocity is zero.

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for some

, then the value of

is ________.

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Three fair dice are rolled simultaneously. The probability of getting a sum of 5 is

Your answerChoose one option.

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Suppose

and

are constants such that

is the interpolation polynomial for the data

, and

. Then the value of

is ________.

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