Hurricanes can involve winds in excess of 120 km/h at the outer edge. Make a crude

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Problem 64P

Hurricanes can involve winds in excess of 120 km/h at the outer edge. Make a crude estimate of (a) the energy, and (b) the angular momentum, of such a hurricane, approximating it as a rigidly rotating uniform cylinder of air (density 1.3 kg/m3) of radius 100 km and height 4.0 km.

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QUESTION:

Problem 64P

Hurricanes can involve winds in excess of 120 km/h at the outer edge. Make a crude estimate of (a) the energy, and (b) the angular momentum, of such a hurricane, approximating it as a rigidly rotating uniform cylinder of air (density 1.3 kg/m3) of radius 100 km and height 4.0 km.

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Solution 64P

Step 1 of 4:

In this question, we need to find energy of hurricane

In part b, we need to find angular momentum of hurricane approximating it as rigidly rotating uniform cylinder of air

Data given

Angular velocity of hurricane

Density

Radius

Height

Part a:

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