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Coriolis Effect: A graphical animation, a visual Earth animation with precise explanation; An introduction to fluid dynamics SPINLab Educational Film explains the Coriolis effect with the aid of lab experiments; Do bathtubs drain counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere? Archived 15 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine by Cecil Adams. Bad Coriolis.
The glaciations that occurred during the glacial period covered many areas of the Northern Hemisphere. Northern hemisphere glaciation during the last ice ages. The setup of 3 to 4 kilometer thick ice sheets caused a sea level lowering of about 120 m. The Arctic is a region around the North Pole (90° latitude). Its climate is characterized by ...
In meteorology, Buys Ballot's law (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbœyz bɑˈlɔt]) may be expressed as follows: In the Northern Hemisphere, if a person stands with their back to the wind, the atmospheric pressure is low to the left, high to the right. [1] This is because wind travels counterclockwise around low
Animation of a Foucault pendulum on the northern hemisphere, with the Earth's rotation rate and amplitude greatly exaggerated. The green trace shows the path of the pendulum bob over the ground (a rotating reference frame), while the bob moves in the corresponding vertical planes.
Moreover, the phase of the tide seems to rotate around these points of zero amplitude. These points are called amphidromic points. The sense of rotation of the wave around the amphidromic point is in the direction of the Coriolis force; anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
Stargazers across the Northern Hemisphere should catch a glimpse as soon as possible — either this week or early next — because it will be another 400 years before the wandering ice ball returns.
An example of a geostrophic flow in the Northern Hemisphere. A northern-hemisphere gyre in geostrophic balance. Paler water is less dense than dark water, but more dense than air; the outwards pressure gradient is balanced by the 90 degrees-right-of-flow coriolis force. The structure will eventually dissipate due to friction and mixing of water ...
An unusually strong solar storm hitting Earth produced stunning displays of color in the skies across the Northern Hemisphere early Saturday, with no immediate reports of disruptions to power and ...