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

Tim Little wrote:

> On 2008-02-29, Wayne Throop <throopw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> If you interpose a completely frictionless membrane along the
>> ground, to isolate the air from any lateral influence from the
>> ground, it'd still experience coriolis forces.
> 
> Only if it was still spinning.  Without any coupling with the ground,
> it would have no reason to spin at the same rate, and would long ago
> have ceased spinning.

Wuhhh?  He said frictionless.  If there's no friction, what slows it down?

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