GATE XE · 2020 · XE-H
Question 17: Atmospheric Science
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Question 17
XE-HNAT2 marksNeeds review
A tornado is in cyclostrophic balance where the horizontal pressure gradient and centrifugal forces balance each other. Consider a tornado with 100 m radius and a tangential velocity of 100 m s⁻¹ at the edge. Assuming air density = 1 kg m⁻³, the magnitude of the pressure-drop between the centre and the edge of the tornado is ______ kg m⁻¹ s⁻².
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2020XE-H
GATE XE 2020 · Paper 1
Engineering Sciences · Original paper archive
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- Section XE-H
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- Numerical answer (NAT)
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