Mid-latitude anticyclones are likely to form at which part of a Rossby Wave? Where
A. air diverges and accelerates.
B. air diverges and slows.
C. air converges and slows.
D. air converges and accelerates.
Answer: C
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What will be an ideal response?
?Match the atmospheric term with the correct description.
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