Coriolis Force an artifact of the earth's rotation
Once air has been set in motion by the pressure gradient force, it undergoes an apparent deflection from its path, as seen by an observer on the earth.
Coriolis force (deflecting force) Apparent force, due to the rotation of the Earth, which acts normal to, and to the right of the velocity of a moving particle in the Northern Hemisphere, ...
CORIOLIS FORCE: An apparent force caused by the rotation of the Earth. In the Northern Hemisphere winds are deflected to the right, and in the Southern Hemisphere to the left.
Coriolis force - An apparent force that makes moving objects deflect to the right of motion in the Northern Hemisphere.
Coriolis force - a mathematical correction to balance forces affecting objects moving on the rotating earth.
Coriolis Force - an apparent force that as a result of the earth's rotation deflects objects moving above the earth's surface to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere ...
Coriolis force A deflective force arising from the rotation of the Earth on its axis; affects principally synoptic-scale and planetary-scale winds.
Coriolis force An apparent force observed on any free moving object in a rotating system.
Coriolis force—A deflective force resulting from earth's rotation; it acts to the right of wind direction in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere.
Coriolis Force The apparent tendency of a freely moving particle to swing to one side when its motion is referred to a set of axes that is itself rotating in space, such as Earth.
Coriolis Force
A fictitious force used to account for the apparent deflection of a body in motion with respect to the earth, as seen by an observer on the earth.
CORIOLIS FORCE: An apparent force on moving particles produced by the rotation of the Earth. In the Northern Hemisphere, the wind is deflected to the right by the coriolis force.
Coriolis Force - A force that deflects moving objects to one side because of the Earth's rotation. The object is still going straight but the Earth moves underneath it, making it look like it is moving to one side.
Coriolis force
An apparent force exerted on moving objects due to the earth's rotation.
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CORIOLIS FORCE - Tendency for low pressure systems, as well as high pressure systems, to exibit circulations in the same sense as the rotation of the earth.
As a result of the Coriolis force, winds in the northern hemisphere always flow clockwise around a high pressure area and counterclockwise around a low pressure area (the reverse occurs in the southern hemisphere).
Geostrophic WindA wind that is affected by coriolis force, blows parallel to isobars and whose strength is related to the pressure gradient (i.e., spacing of the isobars).
geostrophic flow A type of movement where the Coriolis force balances exactly the horizontal pressure force. glacial maximum The position or time of the greatest advance of a glacier (e.g.
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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.
The pressure varies by only a small amount in any horizontal plane, and the Coriolis force is so small that it is scarcely sensible, but these forces act so widely that they control the winds.
The distance that cold pools of air can spread under the influence of the Coriolis force. A cold pool will initially spread out toward and under warmer air because of higher pressure under the cold, denser air.
Where there is imbalance between the pressure gradient and Coriolis forces.
When the pressure gradient force is greater than the Coriolis force, the flow takes on a curved path around low pressure.
GEOSTROPHIC- This is a balance between the pressure gradient and Coriolis forces. A zonal wind with a constant wind speed in the upper troposphere in the middle latitudes is an example of a geostrophic wind.
GFS- Global Forecast System.
It is a broad area of low pressure where both the Coriolis force and the low-level pressure gradient are weak, occasionally allowing tropical disturbances to form.
Geostrophic Wind - A theoretical wind that is affected by coriolis force, blows parallel to isobars and whose strength is related to the pressure gradient.
The theoretical wind generated when pressure gradient forces are exactly balanced by the Coriolis force. Most atmospheric motions are not geostrophic, due to frictional and other effects.
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A theoretical horizontal wind blowing in a straight path, parallel to the isobars or contours, at a constant speed. The geostrophic wind results when the Coriolis force exactly balances the horizontal pressure gradient force.
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In the oceans of the northern hemisphere, wind-driven surface currents spiral to the right with depth as a result of friction and the Coriolis force (rotation of the Earth). This motion traces an imaginary clockwise descending spiral.
Gradient Wind - The curved airflow patern around a pressure center resulting from a balance among pressure-gradient force, Coriolis force, and centrifugal force.
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The geostrophic wind results when the Coriolis force exactly balances the horizontal pressure gradient force.
Coriolis force In meteorology, a deflecting force acting on a body in motion and resulting from the earth's rotation.
 See also: Force, Pressure, Air, Surface, Gradient
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