Directory of Coriolis Effect Resources

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The Coriolis effect is when an object appears to turn due to the observer not standing still, usually turning in a circle.

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• Bad Coriolis

  http://www.ems.psu.edu/~fraser/Bad/BadCoriolis.html
  Explains common behaviors that teachers sometimes wrongly teach their students.

• Coriolis Effect

  http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/coriolis_effect.html
  Diagrams help explain the Coriolis effect.

• Coriolis Effect

  http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/educ/activit/coriolis.htm
  Experiment to see the Coriolis effect which uses a turntable or globe, a ruler and chalk.

• Coriolis Force

  http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/fw/crls.rxml
  Tells how the Coriolis effect is caused by the Earth's rotation.

• Observe How the Coriolis Effect Influences Wind Direction.

  http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es1905/es1905page01.cfm?chapter_no=19
  Animation showing how the winds should blow without the Coriolis effect, and how they actually blow.

• Spinning Brains

  http://science1.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2004/23jul_spin/
  Offers pictures and a movie which help explain the Coriolis effect.

• The Coriolis Effect

  http://stratus.ssec.wisc.edu/courses/gg101/coriolis/coriolis.html
  Offers a fairly simple explanation of why objects curve on the Earth when they should move straight.

• The Coriolis Effect Revisited

  http://www-das.uwyo.edu/~geerts/cwx/notes/chap11/coriolis.html
  Offers an illustration of how an object moving in a straight path on a rotating sphere will be seen by an observer that is not rotating.

• UKDivers.net: The Coriolis Effect

  http://www.ukdivers.net/meteorology/coriolis.htm
  Overview of the Coriolis effect, and how it influences the trade winds.

• Wikipedia: Coriolis Effect

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriolis_effect
  Gives the formula, and has pictures to help visualize the effect.

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