Hurricanes can involve winds in excess of 120 km/hat the

Chapter 11, Problem 11.17

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Hurricanes can involve winds in excess of 120 km/hat 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 cylinderof air (density 1.3 kg/m3) of radius 85 km and height4.5 km.

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