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Explain how the coriolis effect factors into weather

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The Coriolis effect is responsible for many large-scale weather patterns

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The Coriolis effect also affects the directions of the ocean currents. Both of these have tremendous effects on climate.

influences wind by deflecting its path to the right in the Northern Hemisphere.

the further you move away from the equator, the greater is the Coriolis force.

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