EAR 117 Week 11 Take-home What is the Coriolis effect? The graph below spans fro

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EAR 117 Week 11 Take-home What is the Coriolis effect? The graph below spans from the North to South Pole and includes the intended path direction (dashed straight arrows) of an object in motion. Draw in how the object (e.g. air or water) in motion is deflected in the Northern and Southern Hemisphere due to the Coriolis effect. In the chart beside the graph, include the angular velocity and the spatial velocity for the given latitudes (include units). 2. Angular Velocity Spatial Velocity 90 "N 90 "N 45 N 45 S 45 *S 90 "S 90 "S

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an effect whereby a mass moving in a rotating system experiences a force (the Coriolis force ) acting perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the axis of rotation. On the earth, the effect tends to deflect moving objects to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern and is important in the formation of cyclonic weather systems.

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