coriolis effect?

Question

Which way does the Coriolis effect deflect objects in the Northern Hemisphere? [ to the left ?? ]

Answer 1

The wind coming from the north pole are deflected to the right, vice versa.

Answer 2

To the right. That is, an object moving south will be deflected to the west, and If moving north, it will be deflected east.

You can picture this by imagining two points on a line of longitude, A and B, with A being farther north than B. Both are moving West to East, and both have to make a full circle in 24 hours. This means that B is moving faster. If you take off in a plane from A, headed due South, the ground will move by faster to the left as you go. Without any course correction you will land at a point west of B, which will be to your right.

Going North, the reverse happens and you will land East of your target, which will be to your right. In the Southern Hemisphere, the effect is reversed, so that you will be deflected to your left.

Answer 3

It depends on the direction. Think of it this way: along the earth's surface, there are two lines of direction to travel on, west-east, and north south. If you are at the equator, you will have maximum west to east motion, since the full radius of the earth is in that direction. Think about how the outside of a CD is moving faster than the inside. So if you start at the equator, at rest relative to east-west and head north or south, the earths surface will be moving west-east slower than you, so you appear to be going east. If you start at the poles and head toward the equator however, you will be deflected west.

Answer 4

To the right.

Think of it this way: objects are moving along with the earth, which spins from west to east.
If you are on the N. hemisphere traveling north, you go to places where the earth spins slower.
Therefore your speed relative to the earth is to the east.

So when traveling north, you seem to be deflected east, which is to the right.

Answer 5

Go stand with your back to the incoming wind so you look into the direction of the wind. Then the wind deflects to the right side in the Northern Hemisphere. (Buys Ballot's law)

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Answer 6

Clockwise.