Coriolis Effect

The Coriolis effect is an apparent deflection of a moving object in a rotating frame of reference.

Coriolis Effect-The deflective effect of the earth's rotation on all free-moving objects, including the atmosphere and oceans. To the right in the northern hemisphere and left in the southern hemisphere.

Coriolis Effect- The curving motion of anything, such as air, caused by the rotation of the Earth. Cyclone- A low-pressure system in which winds spin inward in a counterclockwise direction in the northern hemisphere.

CORIOLIS EFFECT - The apparent turning of the air to the right (left in the southern hemisphere) as it moves over a period of time. CORROSION - The eating away of metal through chemical reaction.

Coriolis Effect: In the Northern Hemisphere the wind is turned to the right due to the Earth's rotation. This is called the: Coriolis Effect. Named after the French Scientiest: "Gustav Coriolis, 1835. Corona: A colored glow around the sun.

Coriolis Effect - In synoptic scale weather systems (hurricanes and large mid-latitude storms), the Coriolis force causes the air to rotate around a low pressure center in a cyclonic direction.

Coriolis Effect The apparent force due to the rotating Earth which deflects winds to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere. Cumuliform Cloud ...

Coriolis effect A deflective force arising from the rotation of the earth on its axis; affects principally synoptic-scale and global-scale winds.

Coriolis Effect The effect caused by the Earth's rotation which deflects air moving between two places. It causes an object to move to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere. Corn Snow Ice Rotten granular ice.

Formation of tropical storms also requires a significant Coriolis effect to induce proper spin in the wind formation. As the storm begins to organize itself into a coherent pattern, it will experience increased activity and intensity.

It is dependent on the latitude and speed of the moving object. In the Northern Hemisphere the air is deflected to the right, and in the Southern Hemisphere to the left. The coriolis effect is almost non-existent at the equator.

If a person stops short in a car, INERTIA causes you to lunge forward into the seat belt (you tend to stay in motion until the restraint stops you via a force). The CORIOLIS effect is driven by INERTIA.

Coriolis effect The tendency for an object moving above the Earth to turn to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere relative to the Earth's surface.

CORIOLIS EFFECT A force per unit mass that arises solely from the earth's in rotation, acting as a deflecting force. It is dependent on the latitude and the speed of the moving air mass.

See also: Air, Pressure, Force, Earth, Weather