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Which relationship holds between that dark feature and the tropopause?

  • A.It indicates a locally lowered tropopause
  • B.It indicates a locally raised tropopause caused by the ascent of tropospheric air into the stratosphere
  • C.It has no relationship
  • D.It indicates that the tropopause has disappeared entirely within the region covered by the dark area

Answer: A

A potential vorticity anomaly of the kind that triggers cyclogenesis corresponds to a downward intrusion of stratospheric air and therefore a locally lowered dynamical tropopause. Cross sections show the two-potential-vorticity-unit surface dipping sharply beneath such a feature. Reading the imagery as a map of tropopause height is what makes it so directly useful. A limit that survives making every external component ideal is an intrinsic one, and worth knowing for that reason.

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