What is Coriolis effect?
[[Image:Corioliskraftanimation.gif|frame|The picture at the top shows an [[wikt:inert|inert]] frame of reference, where the black object moves in a straight line. In the picture at the bottom the observer(red dot) sees the object follow a curved path, because of the Coriolis and [[Centrifugal effect]]s]] [[Image:Low pressure system over Iceland.jpg|thumb|220px|This [[storm]] over [[Iceland]] spins counter-clockwise due to balance between the Coriolis force and the pressure gradient force.]] The '''Coriolis effect''' is a [[Force (physics)|force]] that is found in a [[rotation|rotating]] object. [[Gaspard Gustave de Coriolis]] first described the Coriolis effect in 1835 using [[mathematics]]. The Coriolis effect can best be seen in [[hurricane]]s. In the Northern Hemisphere, they spin counter-clockwise (because the earth spins counter-clockwise when viewed from the North Pole), and in the Southern Hemisphere they spin clockwise.<ref>{{Citation|last=NOVA PBS Official|title=The Coriolis Effect|date=2013-07-19|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2mec3vgeaI|access-date=2018-03-20}}</ref> One example of the Coriolis effect that is often described is that water flows down a drain in the opposite direction in the northern and southern hemispheres. However, in reality, the force of the Coriolis effect is not strong enough to see in such a small amount of water. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/blueplanet/infobursts/gyres_bg.shtml|title=Gyres and the Coriolis effect|work=Blue Planet: Infobursts|publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=6 October 2013|archive-date=4 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130704040643/http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/blueplanet/infobursts/gyres_bg.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Force]] [[Category:Earth]] {{sci-stub}}