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Life Sciences => The Environment => Topic started by: Europan Ocean on 08/10/2020 17:22:05

Title: The atmosphere as loose from the crust and it's motion therof?
Post by: Europan Ocean on 08/10/2020 17:22:05

I recall that shells in WW1 would when free from the crust the land not turn with the Earth, and land 15 degrees off from a straight line. What effect does the air being loose from the ground have on the air currents?

Title: Re: The atmosphere as loose from the crust and it's motion therof?
Post by: Bored chemist on 08/10/2020 17:28:02

If the air wasn't fairly well attached to the ground there would be a 1000 mile per hour wind at the equator.

Title: Re: The atmosphere as loose from the crust and it's motion therof?
Post by: evan_au on 08/10/2020 21:07:52

Quote from: OP

What effect does the air being loose from the ground have on the air currents?

It produces weather.

Pluto has a fairly elongated orbit, and so much of its atmosphere rejoins the ground on the farther parts of its orbit.
New Horizons passed it when it still had a fair amount of atmosphere.