Re: planetary and atmospheric rotation - origins, direction, etc

:: Would atmosphere rotate in absence of Coriolis force? 

: throopw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Wayne Throop)
: [...]
: That is, "rotate without coriolis force" seems to be
: a simple self-contradiction, so I'm not sure which part
: of the mutually contradictory setup should be ignored.

Hm.  Let me supply an analogy.  What would your answer be to 
"what's the length of the hypotenuse if it weren't in a right triangle?".


    "The sum of the square roots of any two sides of an isosceles
     triangle is equal to the square root of the remaining side."
          --- Scarecrow, ThD

    "Metro-Goldwyn-Moskva bought the movie rights for six million rubles,
     Changing title to 'The Eternal Triangle', With Brigitte Bardot
     playing part of hypotenuse."
          --- Tom Lehrer

    "My God!  Pull... your... self... together!
     What will you *do*?  Is this a question?"
          --- Edna Mode


Wayne Throop   throopw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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