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The Coriolis Effect Revisited

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Description: Offers an illustration of how an object moving in a straight path on a rotating sphere will be seen by an observer that is not rotating.
A further explanation of the Coriolis effect (Section 11.4) is provided by . The left part (a) shows a westerly wind blowing over Australia. Part (b) shows the wind blowing in the same direction (as seen in a fixed frame of reference) three hours later, when the Earth
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