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A hockey puck sliding on a frictionless turntable. |
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The classic example of the Coriolis effect on the earth is a missile launched from the North Pole. |
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The curvilinear correction is illustrated by a hockey puck launched east or west on a stationary earth. We have called this the curvilinear correction since it arises from the inherent curvilinear nature of a great circle on a sphere and the mismatch between the great circle and the supposedly straight lines used in a latitude-longitude coordinate sytem. |
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The centrifugal deflection is demonstrated by a hockey puck released from rest with respect to the rotating earth. |
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A hockey puck launched to the east illustrates the curvilinear correction and the centrifugal and Coriolis deflections. |
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A hockey puck launched to the north has centrifugal and Coriolis deflections, but no curvilinear correction. |
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A hockey puck that is launched from Vancouver on a northeasterly trajectory that would take it to London on a stationary earth is deflected by the centrifugal and Coriolis forces. |
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A hockey puck launched to the west at almost the speed of the earth spirals away from the pole. |