Multiple Choice
On a 500-mb chart, shortwave troughs can be difficult to detect. However, one way to identify them is to find regions of ____, with which shortwaves align themselves.
A) maximum vorticity
B) wind shear
C) minimum vorticity
D) advection
E) absolute vorticity
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