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Wind: The Coriolis effect

Wind: The Coriolis effect. W e know the earth is heated unevenly. Winter. Summer. How is Global winds circulated across the globe?. Like this. Air is heated at the equator, then cooled at the N and S poles of the earth. Cool air travels along surface of Earth from poles to equator

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Wind: The Coriolis effect

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  1. Wind: The Coriolis effect

  2. We know the earth is heated unevenly Winter Summer

  3. How is Global winds circulated across the globe?

  4. Like this

  5. Air is heated at the equator, then cooled at the N and S poles of the earth. • Cool air travels along surface of Earth from poles to equator • warm air rises toward the poles.

  6. Things aren’t always what they seem • The water and wind’s direction is bent towards the equator because of the spin of the earth. • This is called the Coriolus effect

  7. Coriolis Effect

  8. Coriolus effect- Causes the global water and wind currents to bend over the Earth’s surface.

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