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Originally Posted by neutralino  Erm.. you do realise that it's a myth that water drains in opposite directions in each hemisphere, don't you? |
Speaking of sinks and drain water, yes - the Coriolis effect varies, usually in accordance with the structure and shape of the drain itself, so, that aspect of the oppositely rotating mediums is - or certainly can be, ambiguous...
Whereas, meteorologicially speaking, according to my google resources, the illustrated effect holds true for weather - hurricanes in the north and typhoons in the south....
"On the scale of hurricanes and large mid-latitude storms, the Coriolis force causes the air to rotate around a low pressure center in a cyclonic direction. Indeed, the term cyclonic not only means that the fluid (air or water) rotates in the same direction as the underlying Earth, but also that the rotation of the fluid is due to the rotation of the Earth. Thus, the air flowing around a hurricane spins counter-clockwise in the northern hemisphere, and clockwise in the southern hemisphere (as does the Earth, itself). In both hemispheres, this rotation is deemed cyclonic. If the Earth did not rotate, the air would flow directly in towards the low pressure center, but on a spinning Earth, the Coriolis force causes that air to be deviated with the result that it travels around the low pressure center."
Thank you for the reminder, Neutralino... While I re-submit the original issue....
Best regards,
- RP