coriolis effect
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a: Coriolis effect ~
b: being on a merry-go-round
What:
"The Coriolis effect is like being on a merry-go-round. Imagine that you are on one side and your friend is directly across from you on the other. If you were to throw a ball to your friend while the merry-go-round was not spinning, it would go straight to them. This is our one-cell circulation pattern on a non-rotating Earth."
This page has a very good description, with an analogy that explains this phenomenon.
Useful?
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Date: Apr 25 2014 5:17 PM
# 5534 Critique Analogy
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