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Winds don't blow directly north or south. The movement of wind is affected by the rotation of the Earth. The Earth's rotation causes wind to travel in a curved path rather than a straight line. The curving of moving objects, such as wind, by the Earth's rotation is called the Coriolis Effect.
The coriolis effect, a product of the Earth's rotation, essentially "turns" the direction of air flow from one that goes directly from high to low pressure (which happens on a non-rotating surface) to one that either spirals toward lower pressure at an angle or blows parallel to the pressure gradient (a full 90 degree turn).
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 10y agoWinds don't blow directly north or south. The movement of wind is affected by the rotation of the Earth. The Earth's rotation causes wind to travel in a curved path rather than a straight line. The curving of moving objects, such as wind, by the Earth's rotation is called the Coriolis Effect.
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∙ 11y agoit could affect by the hemisphere
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How does earths rotation influence the movement of global winds?
The influence of earths rotation is called the Coriolis effect. The coriolis effect causes wind to curve instead of going in a straight line.
What is the influence of earth's rotation causing winds to travel a long distance to curve?
The Coriolis Effect.
What causes shifting of global winds?
Coriolis effect
Coriolis effect global winds and continental deflections are all factors that control?
Coriolis effect global winds and continental deflections are all factors that control surface currents.
Earths rotation causes global winds to curve what is the effect called?
it is called the Coriolis effect
How did the Coriolis effect influence winds?
it affected influince winds because coriolis can go out of control so it makes winds stronger.
The apparent curving of the winds is called?
the Coriolis effect
How how does Earth's rotation influence the movement of global winds?
The influence of earths rotation is called the Coriolis effect. The coriolis effect causes wind to curve instead of going in a straight line.
How does earths rotation influence the movement of global winds?
The influence of earths rotation is called the Coriolis effect. The coriolis effect causes wind to curve instead of going in a straight line.
What is the influence of earth's rotation causing winds to travel a long distance to curve?
The Coriolis Effect.
This effect causes winds to turn westward in the lower northern hemisphere?
Coriolis or Coriolis effect
At which location does the coriolis force have the least effect on wind?
The Coriolis effect has the least effect on winds in equatorial regions and the most effect on winds in polar regions. Coriolis effect deflects winds to the right of their initial direction in the northern hemisphere and left of their initial direction in the southern hemisphere.
Which of these three choices Pressure gradient forces or Coriolis Effect or Humidity has the smallest impact on winds?
Coriolis Effect
What is the effect of Earth's rotation on the direction of winds and currents.?
Coriolis effect
What is the effect of earths rotations on the direction of winds and currents?
The Coriolis effect
Which deflects winds to the east and west?
Coriolis effect
What causes shifting of global winds?
Coriolis effect
