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Re: Naming Ships
From: Gary Harkins
Date: 2003 Jan 24, 15:45 EST
From: Gary Harkins
Date: 2003 Jan 24, 15:45 EST
In a message dated 1/24/2003 3:33:56 PM Eastern Standard Time, jt@INTELEC.CO.ZA writes:
Are we talking terminology i.e. veer vs. back OR are we talking now about the air flow around a high and low pressure center? I can't say for sure but I would guess that the terms "veer" and "back" are the same everywhere. The direction of circulation of air around a high or low however does change from the northern to southern hemisphere. A high in the northern hemisphere circulates clockwise and in the southern hemisphere it circulates counter-clockwise. Just the opposite for a low.
Gary Harkins C400 #140 "Cygnus"
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But Bowditch claims that the
direction is opposite (clockwise) in the southern hemisphere. I have now
checked a few more US publications and they too claim that the direction
is different in the northern hemisphere to that in the southern
hemisphere. Who is correct?
Are we talking terminology i.e. veer vs. back OR are we talking now about the air flow around a high and low pressure center? I can't say for sure but I would guess that the terms "veer" and "back" are the same everywhere. The direction of circulation of air around a high or low however does change from the northern to southern hemisphere. A high in the northern hemisphere circulates clockwise and in the southern hemisphere it circulates counter-clockwise. Just the opposite for a low.
Gary Harkins C400 #140 "Cygnus"
Website http://www.hometown.aol.com/htycgary/myhomepage/index.html
Harbour Towne Marina, Muskegon, Michigan Slip C-28
Harbour Towne Yacht Club, Life Member
C400 National Association
United States Power Squadrons-JN
NRA Life Member
MCRGO (Michigan Coalition for Responsible Gun Owners)
JPFO (Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership)
