ESS124
Prof. Jin-Yi Yu
Coriolis Force (for e-w motion)
Suppose now that the object is set in motion
in the eastward direction by an impulsive force. Because the object is now rotating
faster than the earth, the centrifugal force on the object will be increased.
The excess of the centrifugal force over
that for an object at rest becomes the Coriolis force for this zonal motion on a rotation
coordinate:
The meridional and vertical components of these forces are:
much smaller than gravitational force