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| Sep 7, 2018 at 22:19 | comment | added | Tim B II | @Qami you're right that it seems counter-intuitive and it is. My first thought when I saw the data about Neptune is that it had to be wrong. After all, the Coriolis effect alone would cause the winds to stop through turbulence, right? But, it seems if you're only adding a very small amount of energy over a very long time, the Coriolis effect doesn't happen. This could also be due to the fact that out that far, the difference between solar energy at the equator and at the poles would be far less than it is for (say) Earth. | |
| Sep 7, 2018 at 16:03 | comment | added | Qami | Tim, your claim that it "takes energy" to stop wind seems counter-intuitive to me. Isn't friction with the surface / with air masses of different speeds all it takes to slow down the wind? I feel pretty certain that, on the contrary, it would take energy to keep the wind going rather than to stop it. Is there something I'm missing? | |
| Aug 30, 2018 at 0:36 | history | answered | Tim B II | CC BY-SA 4.0 |