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Miros1 · 06-25-2007, 07:57 PM

Um, Greg... that's a trickier question than you realize. <vaguely remembers diagrams from Earth Science>

If I'm remembering correctly, the air rises at the equator and the poles, and falls at the Tropics of Capricorn and Cancer. Coriolis effects create the "prevailing" winds between them, but it's a crap shoot which way the wind blows in the rising and falling areas. Lemme find a chart...

Important info: http://www.reference.com/search?r=13&q=Coriolis
http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Coriolis_effect
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriolis_effect

Hm, those references say the wind blows the same way everywhere in the southern hemisphere... Guess I shouldn't count on vague memories of 32 years ago...

06-25-2007, 07:57 PM	#11
Miros1 Goddess for Life Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NY State Posts: 3,303	Um, Greg... that's a trickier question than you realize. <vaguely remembers diagrams from Earth Science> If I'm remembering correctly, the air rises at the equator and the poles, and falls at the Tropics of Capricorn and Cancer. Coriolis effects create the "prevailing" winds between them, but it's a crap shoot which way the wind blows in the rising and falling areas. Lemme find a chart... Important info: http://www.reference.com/search?r=13&q=Coriolis http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Coriolis_effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriolis_effect Hm, those references say the wind blows the same way everywhere in the southern hemisphere... Guess I shouldn't count on vague memories of 32 years ago... Last edited by Miros1 : 06-25-2007 at 08:04 PM.