Now one more imaginary placement of yourself. If you straddled the equator you would see neither clockwise or counterclockwise movement. Because of this, the Coriolis force is not in effect at the equator. But there are global patterns that we can observe as well. Let's start by following movement in the northern hemisphere.
Hot air rises from the equator, creates a low pressure area, and flows towards the north pole.
The upper wind flow is deflected to the right by the Coriolis effect, which causes it to pile up and move from west to east. The air moving toward the equator is influenced by the Coriolis effect and moves from the northeast, and because of its direction is called the northeast trade winds. The poleward moving air also moves to the right and is called the prevailing westerlies. The third wind belt develops as cold polar air sinks and moves south, is deflected to the right, and is therefore called the polar easterlies. The same air pattern occurs in the latitudes of the southern hemisphere, except that the deflection of the wind is to the left rather than right.