Engineering Sciences
2026 · Paper 1
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Questions 172–174 of 197. Imported answers require review unless explicitly marked reviewed.
Question 172
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A steady westerly wind is blowing over the ocean surface at a latitude of 30°N and exerting a wind stress of 0.8
.The magnitude of net volume transport (in
) per unit width is _____. (rounded off to three decimal places)[Density of seawater is 1025
, angular velocity of the Earth is
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In a free atmosphere without friction, if the pressure increases by one kilo Pascal eastward across a distance of 200 km, the magnitude of geostrophic flow (in
) is _____. (rounded off to two decimal places)[Density of air is 1.029
and the Coriolis parameter is
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Using the dispersion relation for deep water small amplitude wave, the wavelength (in m) for a 20 second gravity wave is _____. (Answer in integer)
[Take acceleration due to gravity as 9.81
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