essay questions worth 10 points each for a total of 100 points. Review Exam 2 Underlined= possible essay questions. Chapter 5 1. In a pressure gradients winds will move winds from ____ pressure to ____pressure. 2. Know the movements for a cyclone and anticyclone in both hemispheres. 3. What is atmospheric pressure? 4. What device is used to measure atmospheric pressure? 5. What is the relationship between atmospheric pressure and elevation? 6. What is altitude sickness and
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C) What do you think is the real cause for the cash flow problem at cyclone? What actions can be taken to improve the situation? Comment on Rangi’s management of the factory. The real causes for the cash flow problem at cyclone are: • No perfect planning to distribute goods /provisions • Failure to establish human resource strategies. • Misusage of wealth during the cyclone • Negligence & irresponsibility of top level management. • Unsatisfactory workplace. Remedies to be done for improvement of
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Lessons learnt from cyclone phailin :- The earth has been affected by the natural hazards over a long time as man emerged into the picture that the natural occurrences were becoming disaster‚ together with being documented in various ways providing a warning for the future generation. Nature is our wise old teacher‚ if we are willing to observe‚ listen and learn both in happier times and in our responses to the powerful forces of nature that have the capacity to destroy us‚ there are lessons to
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Hurricane Katrina To be considered Hurricane Katrina could be the most powerful and deadly hurricane to form and land in the United States to this day. When formed‚ Katrina was a Category 5 hurricane‚ but when landed‚ it became a Category 4 hurricane. This released some of the tension‚ but not much. Hurricane Katrina contained 175 mile per hour winds causing massive pressure and destruction. Most of eastern North America began to take safety cautions. The White House and government began to make
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paper for the article: TROPICAL CYCLONES ‘LIKELY TO INTENSIFY’ According to the article‚ Tropical cyclones hitting East Asia have grown increasingly fierce in the past 30 years and are likely to intensify further with global warming. Noticeable increases of greenhouse gases over the globe could influence rising sea surface temperature and change large-scale atmospheric circulation in the Western North Pacific‚ which could enhance the intensity of tropical cyclones hitting land over East Asia [1]
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NOTICE INVITING TENDER FOR COAL HANDLING PLANT AND SILO LOADING ARRANGEMENT AT BHUBANESWARI OCP OF JAGANNATH AREA MAHANADI COALFIELDS LIMITED VOL – I A Mini Ratna Company JULY 2011 Office of The General Manager(E&M) P.O. – JagrIti Vihar‚ Burla‚ Dist – Sambalpur – 768020 (Orissa ) Gram : SAMBCOAL‚ FAX : (0663) 2542797 Tel. : (0663) 2542973 E-mail : gm-enm.mcl@nic.in A Mini Ratna Company TENDER DOCUMENT VOL – I (Part-I) NAME OF WORK : Planning‚ Design‚ Engineering‚ Construction
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visibility of 0.25 mi (0.40 km) or less are conditions that‚ if they endure for three hours‚ define a blizzard. The great blizzard of March 11-14‚ 1888‚ which covered the eastern U.S.‚ was perhaps the most paralyzing of any storm on record. Cyclone Cyclone‚ in strict meteorological terminology‚ an area of low atmospheric pressure surrounded by a wind system blowing‚ in the northern hemisphere‚ in a counterclockwise direction. A corresponding high-pressure area with clockwise winds is known as an
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Cyclone and Other Natural Disasters Scheme 2011-2012 Role of Ministry of Environment & SD The scheme is in four parts A. Cyclone Emergency Scheme After a cyclone A.2.11: MoESD to form part of the Local Cyclone Committees which will be set in each Municipal and District Council. A.5.1: Immediately after a cyclone‚ MoESD to attend the standing Cabinet Cyclone Committee at the PMO. A.5.2: MoESD to form part of the Committee of Officials which is concerned mainly with work of relief and reconstruction
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Effects of the Bottleneck and the Founders effect Cecil Smith GS102 Grantham University Online The bottleneck effect happens when something of a great devastation has happened‚ causing a great amount of people to lose their lives and leave behind very few people at the most. The bottleneck effect happens at random and can kill of a whole population and with it can also wipe out the gene pool by doing so. An example of the bottleneck effect would be something like a tsunami‚ or an earthquake‚ which
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Cause and Effect The Effects of Global Warming Global warming is one of the greatest threats to humanity and to the environment. Global average temperature rose significantly during the past century. The current scientific view is that most of the temperature increases since mid-20th century has been caused by increases in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations produced by human activity. Most scientists agree that planet’s temperature has risen 0.5 degree Celsius since 1900 and will continue
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