OK I agree, but the wind/weather is not moving strictly west to east because of the rotation of the earth.
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Originally Posted By: Pablo
OK I agree, but the wind/weather is not moving strictly west to east because of the rotation of the earth.
Yes it is! If the Earth wasn't spinning, there'd be no prominent jet streams, only wind from pressure gradients. Well actually of the Earth didn't spin, the side facing the sun would be burned to a crisp.
OK I agree, but the wind/weather is not moving strictly west to east because of the rotation of the earth.
Yes it is! If the Earth wasn't spinning, there'd be no prominent jet streams, only wind from pressure gradients. Well actually of the Earth didn't spin, the side facing the sun would be burned to a crisp.
I know what you are saying, but strictly speaking the rotation ALONE is not moving the air.
"Recall from the previous section what the global wind patterns would be like if the earth was not rotating. (The warm air rising at the equator will move toward both poles.)"
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/global/jet.htm
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/global/jet.htm
But it's the rotation, and subsequent Coriolis force, that makes it move from west to east. It's the only thing that makes it do that. If the Earth wasn't rotating, air would move from the Equator (low pressure) to the poles (high pressure), or north/south.
Originally Posted By: bigmike
I break wind all the time and it has nothing to do with the rotation of the planet.
I'll bet it can empty the room under the right conditions......
I break wind all the time and it has nothing to do with the rotation of the planet.
I'll bet it can empty the room under the right conditions......
I guess what I was trying to say is that the atmosphere moves with the earth, not standing still as the earth moves. This from your NOAA link:
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The actual appearance of jet streams result from the complex interaction between many variables - such as the location of high and low pressure systems, warm and cold air, and seasonal changes. They meander around the globe, dipping and rising in altitude/latitude, splitting at times and forming eddies, and even disappearing altogether to appear somewhere else.
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The actual appearance of jet streams result from the complex interaction between many variables - such as the location of high and low pressure systems, warm and cold air, and seasonal changes. They meander around the globe, dipping and rising in altitude/latitude, splitting at times and forming eddies, and even disappearing altogether to appear somewhere else.
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Originally Posted By: Pablo
OK I agree, but the wind/weather is not moving strictly west to east because of the rotation of the earth.
Yes it is! If the Earth wasn't spinning, there'd be no prominent jet streams, only wind from pressure gradients. Well actually of the Earth didn't spin, the side facing the sun would be burned to a crisp.
Maybe not. Likely it would rotate extremely slowly, and we'd have extreme storms, at the point where day meets night.
Originally Posted By: Pablo
OK I agree, but the wind/weather is not moving strictly west to east because of the rotation of the earth.
Yes it is! If the Earth wasn't spinning, there'd be no prominent jet streams, only wind from pressure gradients. Well actually of the Earth didn't spin, the side facing the sun would be burned to a crisp.
Maybe not. Likely it would rotate extremely slowly, and we'd have extreme storms, at the point where day meets night.
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