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What is the coriolis effect how does it affect air in the northern and southern hemispheres?

What is the coriolis effect how does it affect air in the northern and southern hemispheres?
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What is the coriolis effect how does it affect air in the northern and southern hemispheres?

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All moving objects experience a force perpendicular to their motion, the Coriolis force.
In the northern hemisphere, the force acts clockwise and counter-clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
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