Question

The wind appears to travel clockwise around high pressure systems in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere. What phenomenon does this describe?

A. sea breeze
B. angle of incidence
C. Coriolis Effect
D. anticyclonic tornado
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Answer 1

This phenomenon is a result of the Coriolis Effect, an inertial force that was first described by Gustave-Gaspard Coriolis, a 19th century French engineer and mathematician, in 1835, and is attributed to the Earth's rotation on its axis, deflecting air toward the right in the Northern Hemisphere and toward the left in the Southern Hemisphere.

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Answer 2

This phenomenon is a result of the Coriolis Effect, an inertial force that was first described by Gustave-Gaspard Coriolis, a 19th century French engineer and mathematician, in 1835, and is attributed to the Earth's rotation on its axis, deflecting air toward the right in the Northern Hemisphere and toward the left in the Southern Hemisphere.