Symmetric Baroclinic Oscillations - An Introduction to Dynamic Meteorology - page 509

ANSWERS TO SELECTED PROBLEMS

Chapter 1

( 2 a sin 2φ)/(2g) 3. 0.35 N kg − 1 1. α ≈ 2. 35,830 km

6. 6.25 m s − 1 4. 556 m 5. 1.46 cm to the right

10 3 N; greater for westward travel 7. Upward force = 2 × 8. 7.8 m eastward

10. 1 rad s − 1 , 1.22 rad s − 1 , 0.17 J 12. 5.536 km, 5.070 km 13. 3˚C

14. 7.987 km 17. 5.187 km

Chapter 2

5. 1.02 cm s − 1 7. 0.725 kg m − 3

1. − 2hPa/3h 2. − 2˚C/h

8. 135Jkg − 1 ,16.4ms − 1

11. 287 s

Chapter 3

1mkm − 1 ( 0.23ms − 1 ) 10 − 3 ms − 2

1. − − 2. − 3. 940 hPa 5. V grad /V g = 2

7. North, R t = 250 km; west, R t = 500 km; south, R t →∞ ; east R t = 500 km

8. North, 10.5 m s − 1 ; west and east, 12.1 m s − 1 ; south, 15 m s − 1
10. 25ms − 1 , 34˚ 11. − 1.5˚Ch − 1

12. 44 h

13. 238 km to the left
15. North, 9.4 m s − 1 ; west and east 11.5 m s − 1 ; south, 15 m s − 1 17. 7.66 K

20. 2 × 10 − 5 s − 1 23. 0.96 cm s − 1

18. − 852 km 21. 110%

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