On a 500-mb chart, shortwave troughs can be difficult to detect. However, one way to identify them is to find regions of ____, with which shortwaves align themselves

a. maximum vorticity
b. wind shear
c. minimum vorticity
d. advection
e. absolute vorticity


ANSWER: a

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