I know this early in the morning but still this is interesting and fun to learn why the effect is different from north to south.
The spin effects fluids and air movements! |
Storms in the north swing counter-clockwise: the Coriolis effect. Storms in the south swing with the clock, and winds tend to pass to the left!
Photograph courtesy NASA, Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
Coriolis Force
The invisible force that appears to deflect the wind is the Coriolis force. The Coriolis force applies to movement on rotating objects. It is determined by the mass of the object and the object's rate of rotation. The Coriolis force is perpendicular to the object's axis. The Earth spins on its axis from west to east. The Coriolis force, therefore, acts in a north-south direction. The Coriolis force is zero at the Equator.
Though the Coriolis force is useful in mathematical equations, there is actually no physical force involved. Instead, it is just the ground moving at a different speed than an object in the air.
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