What is Coriolis effect?Coriolis, Gaspard Gustave de (1792 -1843) was
a French scientist who in 1835 worked out the mathematics of the motion of bodies on a
rotating surface.
The Essential of Oceanography about Coriolis effect "The apparent reflection of a
moving object from its initial course when its speed and direction are measured in
reference to the surface of the rotating Earth. The object is deflected to the right of
its anticipated course in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern
Hemisphere. The deflection occurs for any horizontal movement of objects with mass and has
no effect on the equator."
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Coriolis
effect
Ocean currents and Coriolis
effect
Examples of related
phenomena
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