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How does the coriolis effect affect air masses from north pole toward equator?
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∙ 6y ago
moves most of them from the sw to ne. (always curving right in the northern hemisphere.)
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What effect does the coriolis effect have on ocean currents?
The Coriolis effect results in a deflection of fluid flows (to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and left in the Southern Hemisphere). Because the distance around the Earth decreases as one moves away from the equator, and because the Earth rotates in a counter clockwise direction as seen from the north pole, air and water masses are deflected to the east as they move from the equator to the poles, and to the west as they move from the poles to the equator. This has profound effects on the flow of the oceans. In particular it means the flow goes around high and low pressure systems, permitting them to persist for long periods of time. As a result, tiny variations in pressure can produce measurable currents. A slope of one part in one million in sea surface height, for example, will result in a current of 1 cm/s at mid-latitudes. The fact that the Coriolis effect is largest at the poles and weak at the equator results in sharp, relatively steady western boundary currents which are absent on eastern boundaries
Is it true that Air masses that form near the equator are tropical air masses?
yes
How do air masses of different pressures and temperatures move around?
Air masses of different pressures and temperature move around the Earth. The cold air masses that form at the poles move toward the equator, while the warm air masses that form at the equator move toward the poles.
What moist air masses that form near the equator are called?
maritime tropical
How changes in weathers are caused the interaction of air masses?
Fronts do not often occur near the Equator because air masses there do not have big teperature
What is the deflection of air masses resulting from earths eastwards rotation?
The Coriolis Effect is responsible for this.
What is the deflection of air masses resulting the earths eastward rotation?
Coriolis effect
How does Coriolis effect change atmospheric circulation?
It causes rotation of air masses.
The deflection of air masses resulting from earths eastward rotation?
This is the Coriolis Effect. The curvature appears within the rotating reference frame, in which the motion is a straight path being viewed as a curved path. In the northern hemisphere, moving objects appear to turn to the right. In the southern hemisphere, moving objects appear to turn to the left. For a path exactly along the equator, the effect disappears.
What geographical phenomenon makes winds and air masses deflects to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left on the southern hemisphere?
The Coriolis Effect.
Why the rotation direction of water in a sinks changed after crossing the equator?
The twisting effect of the Coriolis force is real and does influence certain large things like the movement of air masses, but the effect is so small that it plays no role in determining the direction in which water rotates as it exits from a draining sink or toilet. The Coriolis effect produces a measurable effect over huge distances and long periods of time, such as storm systems, but don't apply to your bathroom or kitchen. Toilets and sinks drain in the directions they do because of the way water is directed into them or pulled from them. The configuration of taps, drains and the surface of the bowl is responsible for the direction of the water draining through, overwhelming the coriolis effect. It's a bit of a urban myth. People on the equator sometimes demonstrate it to tourists, but these are rigged.
What effect does the coriolis effect have on ocean currents?
The Coriolis effect results in a deflection of fluid flows (to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and left in the Southern Hemisphere). Because the distance around the Earth decreases as one moves away from the equator, and because the Earth rotates in a counter clockwise direction as seen from the north pole, air and water masses are deflected to the east as they move from the equator to the poles, and to the west as they move from the poles to the equator. This has profound effects on the flow of the oceans. In particular it means the flow goes around high and low pressure systems, permitting them to persist for long periods of time. As a result, tiny variations in pressure can produce measurable currents. A slope of one part in one million in sea surface height, for example, will result in a current of 1 cm/s at mid-latitudes. The fact that the Coriolis effect is largest at the poles and weak at the equator results in sharp, relatively steady western boundary currents which are absent on eastern boundaries
Describe the effect that air masses can have on climate and give an example?
Air masses affect climate in the same way mountains or mountain barriers do.
What cause global wind pattern?
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Is it true that Air masses that form near the equator are tropical air masses?
yes
What three major factors affect the climate of a place?
Elevation, Distance from equator, and Wind patterns.
What is it called when Air masses moving in the northern hemisphere are turned westward from their original paths?
The Coriolis Force
