It plays a major role in the El Nino-Southern Oscillation because its action near the Equator creates atmospheric and oceanic Kelvin waves which only form for eastward motion.
It plays a major role in the El Nino-Southern Oscillation because its action near the Equator creates atmospheric and oceanic Kelvin waves which only form for eastward motion. In the atmosphere in the absence of friction, a balance between the "force" resulting from it and the pressure gradient force results in geostrophic winds that blow parallel to isobars. Rossby waves in the jet stream form due to shear caused by variations in it with latitude. More visibly, it explains why cyclones rotate counter-clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere. FTP, name this deflection of objects in motion in rotating frames of reference that doesn't actually make toilets flush in different directions.
It plays a major role in the El Nino-Southern Oscillation because its action near the Equator creates atmospheric and oceanic Kelvin waves which only form for eastward motion.
{Coriolis} effect (accept Coriolis force)