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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more