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In zonal flow patterns
 A) Rossby waves are absent.
  B) cold air flows toward the equator.
  C) warm air flows toward the poles.
  D) midlatitude westerlies run nearly due west to east.
  E) large amplitude waves are prominent.

Question 2

Rossby waves
 A) are most evident at the surface.
  B) are responsible for midlatitude cyclones in North America.
  C) move westward with the polar easterlies.
  D) are usually absent in winter.
  E) all of the above



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