Coriolis Effect
The Coriolis effect (sometimes called the Coriolis force) is the apparent deflection of air masses and fluids caused by Earth's rotation. Named after the French mathematician Gu...
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Ferrel'slaw
Ferrel's law, named after American meteorologist W. Ferrel (1817–1891), is the rule that air or water moving horizontally in the Northern Hemisphere is deflected or pu...
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Coriolis Force
Coriolis force is not a true force at all; instead it is an apparent force. It manifests itself when the observer is in a rotating reference frame, such as the Earth, but the frame is a...
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Coriolis Force
The Coriolis force is not really a force in the true sense, but the effect of the Earth's rotation on the circulation of air and water at or near the Earth's surface.
This apparent forc...
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