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Who introduced the term anticyclone for the first time
A
Fitzory
B
J.Bjerknes
C
F.Galton
D
V.Bjerknes
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Who introduced the term anticyclone for the first time
Fitzory
J.Bjerknes
F.Galton
V.Bjerknes
Which one of the following statement is correct
Hurricanes form at the equator
Hurricanes are not large as the tornadoes
Hurricanes develope over warm ocean area
Hurricanes tend to intensify when they move over land surface area
Which one of the following is the name of the very violent and serious types of winds which bring lots of disasters
Trade winds
Hurricane
Cirrus
Stratus
What happens to the water depth as the Tsunami wave approach the cost
Decreases
Increases
Increases and decreases alternatively
Neither increases nor decreases
The tropical cyclone of the bay of Bengal are called
Typhoons
Hurricanes
Depressions
Willy Willy
The tropical cyclone do not occurs close to the equator because of
Weak coriolis force
Light and variable winds
Excessive humidity
Convective activity
The general weather associated with anticyclone is
Fine and Dry
Hot and Wet
Cold and severe
Cold and mild
The cyclones of temperate latitudes differ from those of the tropics in a number of ways. Which one of the following is most prominent of them all
Their size is far greater.
They are caused by frontal system whereas the tropical cyclones are not.
These occur more frequently
The precipitation is more evenly distributed in the temperature cyclone.
The cyclone represents a state of atmosphere in which
Low pressure is in the center and high pressure is around.
High pressure is in the center and low pressure is around
There is low pressure all around
None of these
The angular speed of a whirlwind in q tornado towards the center
Decreases rapidly
Increases
Remains constant
Slowly becomes zero
Temperate cyclone bring alone with them
Pleasant weather
Snowfall and Hail
Thunderstorms and torrential rainfall
Mild rainfall
Hurricane are generally
Active over land
Active over the sea
Traveling in families
Dust storms
Cyclonic rainfall largely occurs in
Egypt
India
UK
Mexico
Which one among the following statement relating to anticyclone is correct
Anticyclone is a wind system with a high pressure center
In anticyclone, the movement if wind is inward
The contribution of an anticyclone towards determining weather of an area is quite significant
The movement of wind is clockwise in an anticyclone of southern hemisphere