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- https://geo.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Oceanography/Geophysical_Flows_(Omta)/03%3A_The_Coriolis_ForceThe Coriolis force is a central element of the dynamics of ocean and atmosphere flows. A rigorous derivation using vector calculus is given in many textbooks on classical mechanics, but such derivatio...The Coriolis force is a central element of the dynamics of ocean and atmosphere flows. A rigorous derivation using vector calculus is given in many textbooks on classical mechanics, but such derivations are often not the most effective way to obtain a conceptual understanding. Therefore, we will provide a more intuitive qualitative explanation here.
- https://geo.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Sedimentology/Introduction_to_Fluid_Motions_and_Sediment_Transport_(Southard)/07%3A_Flow_in_Rotating_Environments/7.01%3A_Playing_on_a_Rotating_TableThe fictitious side force that seems to act on moving bodies in a rotating environment is called the Coriolis force, after the nineteenth-century French mathematician who first analyzed the effect. An...The fictitious side force that seems to act on moving bodies in a rotating environment is called the Coriolis force, after the nineteenth-century French mathematician who first analyzed the effect. And the apparent acceleration of the sphere (it is a radial acceleration, not a tangential acceleration, in that only the direction changes, not the speed) is called the Coriolis acceleration. The entire effect is called the Coriolis effect.
- https://geo.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Oceanography/Oceanography_(Hill)/07%3A_Ocean_Circulation/7.1%3A_Effect_of_atmospheric_circulation_on_water_and_coriolis_effectAs winds blow across the Earth's surface, they interact with the surface of the ocean. This process occurs in predictable patterns, because of known/average locations of high and low pressure systems ...As winds blow across the Earth's surface, they interact with the surface of the ocean. This process occurs in predictable patterns, because of known/average locations of high and low pressure systems in the atmosphere. As wind interacts with the surface of the ocean, the ocean is also influenced by the Coriolis Effect. Each layer of water responds by moving slightly at an angle to the wind (in the northern hemisphere, to the right; in the southern hemisphere to the left).
