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Old 01-07-2005, 11:37   #1
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Coriolis Explained
What are Coriolis Forces?
Why do the large scale winds and ocean currents move clockwise in the Northern hemisphere and anticlockwise in the Southern hemisphere? This is a simple, non-mathematical explanation.
http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~jw/coriolis.html
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