Author Question: Tropical cyclones have steep pressure gradients that generate inward-spiraling winds. Indicate ... (Read 124 times)

Sufayan.ah · **on:** Jul 14, 2018

Tropical cyclones have steep pressure gradients that generate inward-spiraling winds.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 2

Examine the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo with a focus on its atmospheric impacts and the dispersal of its emissions by winds.

What will be an ideal response?

jessicaduplan · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 14, 2018

Answer to Question 1

TRUE

Answer to Question 2

In June, 1991 Mt. Pinatubo erupted after over 600 years of dormancy, spewing millions of tons of ash, dust, and sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere. The sulfur dioxide rose to the stratosphere, where it formed sulfuric acid. Mt. Pinatubo's aerosols soon mixed with the airborne debris from dust storms, fires, and industrial haze as global winds swept them around the globe. Within 60 days of the explosion, the debris covered about 42 of the globe, from 20 S to 30 N. The debris increased atmospheric albedo and, for almost 2 years, the debris effected sunrises and sunsets and resulted in a small temporary lowering of average temperatures.