Centrifugal and Coriolis Forces
(Lecture: 10 minutes)
Review/repeat the
SWBQ for the 2-d case
Centrifugal force points toward equator
Centrifugal force has an “antigravity” component
Coriolis force points
right
(relative to the direction of motion) in Northern Hemisphere and
left
in the Southern Hemisphere.
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