2) Suppose that on the 500-hpa surface the relative vorticity at a certain location at 45º N latitude is increasing at a rate of 3 x 10-6 s²¹ per 3 hrs. The wind is from the southwest at 20 m/s and the relative vorticity decreases toward the northeast at a rate of 4 x 10-6 s¹ per 100 km. Use the quasi- geostrophic vorticity equation to estimate the horizontal divergence at this location on a ß-plane.
2) Suppose that on the 500-hpa surface the relative vorticity at a certain location at 45º N latitude is increasing at a rate of 3 x 10-6 s²¹ per 3 hrs. The wind is from the southwest at 20 m/s and the relative vorticity decreases toward the northeast at a rate of 4 x 10-6 s¹ per 100 km. Use the quasi- geostrophic vorticity equation to estimate the horizontal divergence at this location on a ß-plane.
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