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The user must input the mean zonal wind amplitude, U , the disturbance
horizontal wind, U
, the propagation speed of the waves, c, and the initial
y position of the center of the cluster. (a) R
un
the model for three cases
specifying y
10, 12, and 15 m s
−
1
,
respectively. Compute 20-day trajectories for all parcel clusters. Give an
explanation for the differences in the dispersion of the parcel cluster for
thes
e t
hree cases. (b) For the situation with c
0, U
15 m s
−
1
, and U
=
=
=
10 m s
−
1
, U
=
15 m s
−
1
,
=
12 m s
−
1
, run three additional cases with the initial y specified to
be 250, 500, an
d 7
50 km. Describe how the results differ from the case with
y
and U
=
12 m s
−
1
=
0 km and U
=
and give an explanation for the differences
in these runs.
