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The tropical cyclone before making a landfall at Rakiraki had the attributes shown in the table below 10 minutes average wind speed Central pressure (eye) Radius of the eye Subsidence velocity Translation speed Average radius of cyclone force winds Mixing ratio of air in the eye Boundary layer depth Temperature of air in the eye 280 km/h 884 hPa 13.5 km -0.25 m/s 16.7 km/h 100 km 0.8 g/kg 1.5 km 21°C Using appropriate assumptions determine at a radius 33.75 km from the center of the cyclone's eye; i) the pressure ii) the average temperature and; iii) the maximum surface wind and its components. iv) Compare this with the 10 minutes sustained wind speed and use BOM classification and categorize the cyclone. iv) entropy of the cyclone at the surface

The tropical cyclone before making a landfall at Rakiraki had the attributes shown in the table below 10 minutes average wind speed Central pressure (eye) Radius of the eye Subsidence velocity Translation speed Average radius of cyclone force winds Mixing ratio of air in the eye Boundary layer depth Temperature of air in the eye 280 km/h 884 hPa 13.5 km -0.25 m/s 16.7 km/h 100 km 0.8 g/kg 1.5 km 21°C Using appropriate assumptions determine at a radius 33.75 km from the center of the cyclone's eye; i) the pressure ii) the average temperature and; iii) the maximum surface wind and its components. iv) Compare this with the 10 minutes sustained wind speed and use BOM classification and categorize the cyclone. iv) entropy of the cyclone at the surface

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The tropical cyclone before making a landfall at Rakiraki had the attributes shown in the table below 10 minutes average wind speed Central pressure (eye) Radius of the eye Subsidence velocity Translation speed Average radius of cyclone force winds Mixing ratio of air in the eye Boundary layer depth Temperature of air in the eye 280 km/h 884 hPa 13.5 km -0.25 m/s 16.7 km/h 100 km 0.8 g/kg 1.5 km 21°C Using appropriate assumptions determine at a radius 33.75 km from the center of the cyclone's eye; i) the pressure ii) the average temperature and; iii) the maximum surface wind and its components. iv) Compare this with the 10 minutes sustained wind speed and use BOM classification and categorize the cyclone. iv) entropy of the cyclone at the surface
Transcribed Image Text:The tropical cyclone before making a landfall at Rakiraki had the attributes shown in the table below 10 minutes average wind speed Central pressure (eye) Radius of the eye Subsidence velocity Translation speed Average radius of cyclone force winds Mixing ratio of air in the eye Boundary layer depth Temperature of air in the eye 280 km/h 884 hPa 13.5 km -0.25 m/s 16.7 km/h 100 km 0.8 g/kg 1.5 km 21°C Using appropriate assumptions determine at a radius 33.75 km from the center of the cyclone's eye; i) the pressure ii) the average temperature and; iii) the maximum surface wind and its components. iv) Compare this with the 10 minutes sustained wind speed and use BOM classification and categorize the cyclone. iv) entropy of the cyclone at the surface
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