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CYCLONIC MOTION [1 record]

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Record 1 1999-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geophysics
DEF

Circulatory motion relative to the earth in the direction of the vertical component of the earth's rotation; anticlockwise when viewed from above in the northern hemisphere.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géophysique
CONT

La rotation du noyau interne solide tend [...] à enrouler les lignes de champ autour de l'axe de rotation de la Terre [...] les lignes de champ sont déformées par des mouvements cycloniques [...] le noyau tourne avec le reste de la Terre. Ces mouvements sont identiques à ceux d'une tornade.

Spanish

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