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Subject: Re: Naming Ships
From: Gary Harkins (HTYCGARY@XXX.XXX)
Date: Fri Jan 24 2003 - 15:45:31 EST
In a message dated 1/24/2003 3:33:56 PM Eastern Standard Time,
jt@XXX.XXX writes:
> 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"
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