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Thursday, April 28, 2016

Coriolis Force Motion on a Latitudinal Circle

Coriolis Force—the force per unit mass that results from the rotation of the earth and acts on a moving particle with respect to the earth to deviate it.
  •      Perpendicular to the axis of rotation and the velocity vector.
  •      Directed to the right (in the Northern Hemisphere) and radially outward from the axis of rotation. 
  •      Can only change direction, not magnitude.

Components of the Coriolis force (CF) due to relative motion along a latitude circle. Ra is the apparent radius, Re is the radius of the earth., and omega is Earth's rotational frequency.