Re: [Vo]:Ocean net flow

2013-02-20 Thread David Roberson
20, 2013 9:27 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Ocean net flow The circumference of the earth is roughly 24,000 miles and rotates 360 degrees in 24 hours. Therefore, your tangential speed at the equator is 1000 mph.

Re: [Vo]:Ocean net flow

2013-02-20 Thread Terry Blanton
The circumference of the earth is roughly 24,000 miles and rotates 360 degrees in 24 hours. Therefore, your tangential speed at the equator is 1000 mph.

RE: [Vo]:Ocean net flow

2013-02-20 Thread Hoyt A. Stearns Jr.
But the distance to the center is constant, and speed is dx/dt so it's 0 :-) . -Original Message- From: Terry Blanton [mailto:hohlr...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 3:28 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:Ocean net flow On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 5:18 PM,

Re: [Vo]:Ocean net flow

2013-02-20 Thread Terry Blanton
On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 5:18 PM, MarkI-ZeroPoint wrote: > Terry... > "... The relative speed..." > > Relative to what? A point at the center of the earth.

RE: [Vo]:Ocean net flow

2013-02-20 Thread MarkI-ZeroPoint
Terry... "... The relative speed..." Relative to what? ;-) -Original Message- From: Terry Blanton [mailto:hohlr...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 7:53 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:Ocean net flow On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 10:51 AM, Terry Blan

Re: [Vo]:Ocean net flow

2013-02-20 Thread Terry Blanton
On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 10:51 AM, Terry Blanton wrote: > The relative speed of the surface of the earth is 1000 mph. That's > one heck of a current! That would be at the equator, BTW.

Re: [Vo]:Ocean net flow

2013-02-20 Thread Terry Blanton
On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 10:21 AM, David Jonsson wrote: > Hi > > Does anyone know if the net flow of ocean water flows faster, slower or with > the same rotational speed as the solid body rotation of the Earth? The relative speed of the surface of the earth is 1000 mph. That's one heck of a curre