Meteorology, 2/e

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Circulations on Many Scales, and Their Interactions

True or False Quiz

Choose the best answer.


1	Lenticular clouds form in unstable atmospheres as wind flows against a mountain barrier.
		A)	True
		B)	False


2	Many of the world's large deserts are found under the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ).
		A)	True
		B)	False


3	Air flow in the boundary layer (the lowest 1 km of the atmosphere) is primarily turbulent in nature.
		A)	True
		B)	False


4	Santa Ana winds are similar to chinook winds, except that they transport moisture into the desert canyon regions.
		A)	True
		B)	False


5	Pressure gradient force is of little importance in mesoscale circulations, such as sea and land breezes.
		A)	True
		B)	False


6	Atmospheric energy is typically transferred from microscale circulations to global scale circulations, where it is dissipated through eddy viscosity.
		A)	True
		B)	False


7	San Francisco owes its consistently cool, moist climate (in part, at least) to cold water upwelling.
		A)	True
		B)	False


8	Gusty winds represent the 'sum' of turbulent eddies and the average flow.
		A)	True
		B)	False


9	The subtropical jet stream owes its existence to exceptionally strong horizontal and vertical temperature contrasts.
		A)	True
		B)	False


10	The Ferrel cell, found in the mid-latitude regions of the world, is smaller and less persistent than the tropical Hadley cell.
		A)	True
		B)	False

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