ESS227
Prof. Jin-Yi Yu
Apply the Law to a Rotating Coordinate
•For most applications in meteorology it is desirable to
refer the motion to a reference
frame rotating with the earth.
•Transformation of the momentum equation to a
rotating coordinate system requires a relationship between the
total derivative of a vector
in an inertial reference frame and the corresponding total derivative in a rotating
system.
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The acceleration following the motion in an inertial coordinate
The acceleration following the motion in a rotating coordinate
