Which scenario would create the GREATEST deflection for a wind by the Coriolis effect?

A. high latitude, accelerating, fast moving wind
B. low latitude, decelerating, fast moving wind
C. high latitude, accelerating, slow moving wind
D. low latitude, decelerating, slow moving wind


Answer: A

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences

You might also like to view...

Urban populations consume about ____% of the earth's resources.

A. 20 B. 40 C. 50 D. 75 E. 90

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences

Köppen's intent in developing his climatic classification system was to correlate temperature and precipitation with

A. vegetation. B. geology. C. soils. D. slope direction.

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences

In which direction do Andrew and Lester spin — clockwise or

counterclockwise? What will be an ideal response?

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences

Which of the following is an important intermediate in the production of ethylene glycol?

A) diethyl ether B) ethanol C) ethylene oxide D) none of these

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences