SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY METEOROLOGY 403

DEPARTMENT OF GEOSCIENCES Fall 2004

Homework No. 3

Due Wednesday September 21, 2004

Reading: Kinematics of the Pressure Field -- Bluestein, pp. 47-57

Lay out all steps. Number all equations sequentially. Maps/charts are to be neatly analyzed using correct color conventions.

2. Do problem 2.1 in the textbook. Lay out equations sequentially. Show all steps.

3. Do problem 2.2 in the textbook.

4. Resketch the pattern shown in fig. 2.4 on a separate sheet of paper. Now do problem 2.4. Explain your answer. Illustrate it by circling the area(s) on your sketch in which you find ridges.

5. Do problem 2.14 in the textbook. Lay out equations sequentially. Show all steps.