ESS124
Prof. Jin-Yi Yu
Another Kind of
Coriolis Force
•The Coriolis force also causes the east-west wind
to deflect to the right of its intent path in
the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere.
•The deflections are caused by the centrifugal
force associated with the east-west motion, and ,
therefore, related to rotation of the Earth, and are also considered as a kind
of Coriolis force.
•Although the description of the deflection effect
for north-south and east-west motions are very
different, their mathematical expressions are the same.
(from The
Earth System)