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This effect causes winds to turn westward in the lower northern hemisphere?
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Coriolis or Coriolis effect
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What causes planetary winds to deflect in the Northern Hemisphere?
the corriolus effect
Why do major surface current gyres in the northern hemisphere flow clockwise?
The Coriolis effect causes northern gyres to spin clockwise.
In the northern hemisphere planetary winds deflect to the what?
the corriolus effect
What does the coriolis effect do to winds in the northern hemisphere?
In the Northern Hemisphere winds spiral to the right; while in the southern hemisphere winds spiral to the left.
Tropical cyclones turn counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere due to?
Coriolis Effect
What effect causes winds to turn westward in the lower northern hemisphere?
The Coriolis effect.
Air masses moving in the northern hemisphere are turned westward from their original paths?
Answer : Coriols effect
In the northern hemisphere the Coriolis effect causes Winds curve to the?
right
In the Northern Hemisphere the Coriolis effect causes winds to curve to the .?
right
What causes planetary winds to deflect in the Northern Hemisphere?
the corriolus effect
In the Northern Hemisphere the Coriolis effect causes winds to curve to the?
right
What causes surface ocean currents to curve to the right in the northern hemisphere?
Coriolis effect
Why do wind curve to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere?
The Coriolis Effect, a consequence of Earth's rotation, causes this.
When the Northern Hemisphere the Coriolis effect causes winds to curve to the?
Answer #1: left===============Answer #2: right
Why do major surface current gyres in the northern hemisphere flow clockwise?
The Coriolis effect causes northern gyres to spin clockwise.
What is a coriolis in a hurricane?
This is the effect of the spinning earth on the axis. It cause Tropical storms to rotate anti clockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern hemisphere. It also causes the track of the Hurricane to bend to the right in the northern hemisphere and left in the southern hemisphere.
What causes winds in the Northern Hemisphere to curve at the right as they move?
Axial tilt of the wart moving, or the Coriolis Effect.
