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Does a planet's "equatorial bulge" induce any kind of motions or currents in the atmosphere?
Rotating planets, like the Earth, are not perfect spheres but are instead oblates. This affects both the crust and the atmosphere, creating a bulge in the equator 1.
I was wondering if there are ...
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Are there any types of winds or waves that are produced just by Earth's rotation?
Are there any types of wind or waves caused/produced only and exclusively by Earth's rotation? Not influenced by Earth rotation, but produced solely by it?
In the case of waves, are Rossby waves 1 and ...
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What equations/constants were used to calculate the Kármán Line for Earth?
I am interested in how the original value of ~100 km was calculated for the Kármán line of earth. What equations and constants would need to be used to reproduce this value?
Note: By constants, I'...
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