This phenomenon is usually described as the "skin effect".
The difference in flow direction is believed to be a "skin effect" and not due to any deeper atmospheric processes.
Note that in the usual form for the skin effect, above, the effect of cancels out.
Switching power supplies must pay more attention to the skin effect because it is a source of power loss.
This effect is also known as the "skin effect".
In particular, R is heavily influenced by the skin effect.
As cable conductors increase in diameter they have less overall resistance but increased skin effect.
One reason, mentioned above is the skin effect (and the related proximity effect).
Local gamma irradiation can cause skin effects without any sickness.
This is one effect of a greater phenomenon called the skin effect.