GATE XE · 2017 · XE-H
Question 159: Atmospheric Science
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Question 159
XE-HNAT2 marksNeeds review
In a severe tropical cyclone, 250 mm of rainfall occurs in an area having a radius of 200 km. If the energy supplied to the system from this rainfall is N times the energy of one atomic bomb (=1.5 × 10
kJ), then the value of N is __________.[Density of freshwater: 1000 kg m
, Specific heat of seawater: 4200 J kg
K
, Latent heat of evaporation: 2.45 × 10
J kg
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2017XE-H
GATE XE 2017 · Paper 1
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- Section XE-H
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- Numerical answer (NAT)
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