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

On 28 veebr, 22:43, thro...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Wayne Throop) wrote:
> : Crown-Horned Snorkack <chornedsnork...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> : Would atmosphere rotate in absence of Coriolis force?
>
> I don't even know what that means.  It seems like the answer
> is "well duh, no rotation, no coriolis force"; any coriolis
> force is evidence, pretty much by definition, of rotation.
>
> 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.
>
Well, the rotation of atmosphere causes Coriolis forces in that
reference frame, sure.

But what about rotation of atmosphere with respect to the underlying
solid ground (like west winds on Earth)? Is it caused by the rotation
of the solid grouns with respect to inertial frame?

If you have a planet which does not rotate with respect to inertial
frame, could its atmosphere rotate with respect to the solid ground?

Assuming that the day and night hemispheres and tidal bulges
progressively move with orbital revolution?