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On Inertial Motion on a Rotating Sphere

Stephen A. Pennell Department of Mathematics, University of Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts

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Keith L. Seitter Department of Earth Sciences, University of Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts

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Print Publication:
15 Aug 1990
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(1990)047<2032:OIMOAR>2.0.CO;2
Page(s):
2032–2034
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Abstract

An explicit solution is derived for the trajectory of a particle in an inertial flow on a rotating sphere. This solution explains many of the features of inertial trajectories that have been presented in the literature.

Abstract

An explicit solution is derived for the trajectory of a particle in an inertial flow on a rotating sphere. This solution explains many of the features of inertial trajectories that have been presented in the literature.

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