Coriolis Force
Climate Change
A fictitious force used to account for the apparent deflection of a body in motion with respect to the earth, as seen by an observer on the earth. The deflection (to the right in the northern hemisphere) is caused by the rotation of the earth.
- — ARM Climate Research Glossary retrieved 2014-06-12
Coriolis force (deflecting force) Apparent force, due to the rotation of the Earth, which acts normal to, and to the right of the velocity of a moving particle in the Northern Hemisphere, the movement of the particle being considered relative to that of the Earth.
Weather
A fictitious force used to account for the apparent deflection of a body in motion with respect to the earth, as seen by an observer on the earth. The deflection (to the right in the Northern Hemisphere) is caused by the rotation of the earth.