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Atmospheric Circulation and Weather Systems
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Where do you find the maximum and minimum deflection of winds by Coriolis effect?

Answer

It is maximum at the poles and is absent at the equator.

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Some More Questions From Atmospheric Circulation and Weather Systems Chapter

A hot wind of local importance in Alps.

A warm and dry wind moving down the Rockies and commonly called snow-eater.

A very cold and dry wind with high velocity blowing from the Alps towards the Mediterranian sea.

An airmass originating over tropical oceans.

What is millibar?

Name the two types of pressure systems.

Describe the characteristics of Coriolis force.

What are the three types of planetary winds?

Name the instrument by which the atmospheric pressure is measured.

Name the hot winds which blow in U.SA. and Canada.