Exercises for Weather & Climate Plus Mastering Meteorology with eText -- Access Card Package (9th Edition)
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Chapter 10, Problem 20E
How does the area of warm-air advection and upward vertical motion help explain the precipitation pattern found on the November 10, 1200z, surface map?
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