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Chinook. During certain seasons strong winds called chinooks blow from the west across the eastern slopes of the Rockies and downhill into Denver and nearby areas. Although the mountains are cool, the wind in Denver is very hot; within a few minutes after the chinook wind arrives, the temperature can climb 20 C掳 (鈥渃hinook鈥 refers to a Native American people of the Pacific Northwest). Similar winds occur in the Alps (called foehns) and in southern California (called Santa Anas). (a) Explain why the temperature of the chinook wind rises as it descends the slopes. Why is it important that the wind be fast moving? (b) Suppose a strong wind is blowing toward Denver (elevation 1630 m) from Grays Peak (80 km west of Denver, at an elevation of 4350 m), where the air pressure is 5.60 * 104 Pa and the air temperature is -15.0掳C. The temperature and pressure in Denver before the wind arrives are 2.0掳C and 8.12 * 104 Pa. By how many Celsius degrees will the temperature in Denver rise when the chinook arrives?

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(a) The temperature of the chinook wind rises as it descends the slopes because the work done on air is in an adiabatic process.

(b) The temperature in Denver rises when the chinook arrives is 11.95 鈩.

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Step 1

(a)

The work is done on the wind as chinook winds descend the slope. The winds move fast here thus this process is called adiabatic process.

There is no exchange of heat in adiabatic process,

鈭哘=0

Using first law of thermodynamics,

鈭哘=鈭哢+奥

鈭0=鈭哢+奥

鈭粹垎鲍=-奥

The internal energy increases and thus the temperature of the chinook wind rises as it descends the slopes because the work done on air is in an adiabatic process.

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Step 2

(b)the temperature in Denver rise

strong wind is blowing toward Denver with elevation,

HD=1630m

HGp=4350m

Air pressure,

PD=8.12脳104Pa

PGp=5.60脳104Pa

Temperature,

TDo=2.0鈩=275.151办

TGp=-15.0鈩=258.15碍

Specific heat ratio for standard air is,

纬=1.4

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Step 3

In the adiabatic process,

P1-纬T=constant

PD 1-纬纬= PGp 1-TGp

TDTGPY=PGPPD1-TDTGPY=PDPGP-1TDTGP=PDPGP-1

TD=258.15K8.12104Pa5.60104Pa1.4-11.4TD=258.15K8.12104Pa5.60104Pa27TD=287.1K

The Denver鈥檚 temperature increases,

鈭唗=- TDo

鈭唗= (13.95-2.0)鈩

鈭唗=11.95鈩

Thus, the temperature in Denver rises when the chinook arrives is 11.95 鈩.

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