Engineering Sciences
2019 · Paper 1
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Question 7
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A student considered the following possibilities regarding trade wind inversion:
(P) Zonal component of wind is westerly
(Q) Zonal component of wind is easterly
(R) Meridional component of wind is poleward
(S) Meridional component of wind is equatorward
The only combination of correct statements is
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Which of the following statements about thermal wind is NOT correct:
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A numerical weather forecasting model follows sigma (σ) coordinate system in the vertical. At two locations A and B, the surface pressure is 1000 hPa and 500 hPa respectively. The values of pressure at A and B (in that order) for σ = 0.5 are:
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