•If
the air moves north towards the axis it spins faster and drifts east – to its
right.
•If
the air moves south away from the axis it spins slower and drifts west – again to its
right.
•
•More
detail arguments show that the rotation always deflects the wind to its right (in the northern
hemisphere)
CORIOLIS FORCE
•Going
N, deflected E
•Going
W, deflected N
•Going
S, deflected W
•Going
E, deflected S
•
•The effect is the opposite in the southern
hemisphere
•The effect is stronger the faster the planet is
rotating