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What is the force that deflects wind to the right in the northern hemisphere?
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Basic wind circulation in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres is from west to east because that is the rotational direction of the Earth, which imparts energy to the air mass by friction. The circulation is complicated by convection and advection, but averages west to east (or left to right) at all latitudes over time.
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How would the Coriolis effect affect winds flowing from the equator to the poles?
It deflects wind to the right in the northern hemisphere and left in the southern hemisphere.
In the northern hemisphere the Coriolis effect causes winds to curve to the what?
The coriolis force is strongest at the poles
What season is London England right now?
-easons are split by hemisphere. So if the southern hemisphere is in winter, the northern hemisphere is summer, and vice versa. Right now 10-9-13 the northern hempishere is in fall, though soemtimes its as hot as summer.
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.
Why south east trade winds change direction and become south west monsoon wind after crossing equator at high speed?
becoes bobo The Coriolis Force is the reason for this (which as mentioned above is subsequent to the rotation of the earth). In the Southern Hemisphere, the Coriolis deflects air motion (wind flow) to the left (to the right in the Northern Hemisphere). The extent of deflection, I.e. the strength of the Coriolis Force is proportional to the wind speed (via the Pressure Gradient Force), increasing as wind speed increases. The effect of the Coriolis force increases with Latitude, to a ZERO effect at the equator. During Australia's Winter months, The Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) moves northward, to about 10-15 degrees north of the equator (in the continental regions). The ITCZ is where NE and SE trade winds converge, and thus the SE trade winds must cross the equator, and thus enter the Northern Hemisphere. Subsequently, due Coriolis force in the Northern Hemisphere, the SE trade winds are deflected to the right to become SW trade winds. NOTE: the opposite happens in Australia's Summer months with the NE wind regimes, which are deflected to the left to become the NW Monsoon. Regards, Nigel Brown
What deflects surface winds to the right in the northern hemisphere?
Coriolis Force
Which deflects winds to the west or east?
The Coriolis Force. It deflects wind to the right in the northern hemisphere and the left in the southern hemisphere. It is a consequence of earth's rotation.
How does the Coriolis force effect modify air movement?
In the Northern Hemisphere, the Coriolis force deflects winds to the right. This causes hurricanes and typhoons to spin counterclockwise. In the Southern Hemisphere, the Coriolis force deflects winds to the left. This causes hurricanes and typhoons to spin clockwise.
What does the Coriolus effect do?
It deflects wind and other objects. In the Northern Hemishpere it deflects obfects to the right, and in the Southern Hemisphere it deflects objects to the left.
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.
How would the Coriolis effect affect winds flowing from the equator to the poles?
It deflects wind to the right in the northern hemisphere and left in the southern hemisphere.
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.
What would be the direction of the deflection knowing that the body can be affected by coriolis force?
Right in the northern hemisphere, left in the southern hemisphere.
How does earth's atmosphere affect its rotation?
The atmosphere doesn't affect the earth's rotation, however the earth's rotation generates the Coriolis force which deflects wind to the left in the southern hemisphere and right in the northern hemisphere. Unless you're talking about things like atmospheric angular momentum exchange induced by frictional and mountain torque, but I'm guessing not...
Is it true or false that in the northern hemisphere surface currents curve to the left?
False. In the northern hemisphere, surface currents generally curve to the right due to the Coriolis effect. The Coriolis effect is caused by the rotation of the Earth, which deflects moving objects to the right in the northern hemisphere.
In the northern hemisphere the Coriolis effect causes winds to curve to the what?
The coriolis force is strongest at the poles
What hemisphere is the Red Sea in?
northern hemisphere
