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<div class="">My name is Sai and I am trying to compute the Kinetic energy of the upper-level divergent winds in a tropical cyclone. However, I am unsure if I am doing the integration correctly. Can one of you please correct me if I am wrong and tell me how
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<div class="">As you know, the formula for Kinetic energy is : </div>
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<div class="page" title="Page 4">My domain is a 4 degree x 4 degree box and here is my grads script. I am particularly not confident about the integrations. Can one of you please give it a look at tell me? </div>
<div class="page" title="Page 4">Thank you - Sai</div>
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