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

Tim Little wrote:

On 2008-02-29, Wayne Throop <throopw@xxxxxxxxx> 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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