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arrow-up1173arrow-down1imageNot my content, actually FACEBOOK, but I enjoyed it and I'm sharing anyway.lemmy.dbzer0.comMelatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 17 hours agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squareNocturnalMorning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down5·edit-213 hours agoThe coriolis effect is a fictitious force, it’s just an artifact of not doing measurements in an inertial reference frame. Edit: If I were to attribute it to anything, I’d attribute it to the actual rotation of the earth.
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·9 hours agoAs the highs lows are part of the earth’s atmosphere and thus trapped in a non-inertial frame of reference, they indeed experience the fictitious forces, such as the Coriolis and the centrifugal force.
minus-squareNocturnalMorning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoThe coriolis effect is not an actual force, that’s all I’m saying.
The coriolis effect is a fictitious force, it’s just an artifact of not doing measurements in an inertial reference frame.
Edit: If I were to attribute it to anything, I’d attribute it to the actual rotation of the earth.
As the highs lows are part of the earth’s atmosphere and thus trapped in a non-inertial frame of reference, they indeed experience the fictitious forces, such as the Coriolis and the centrifugal force.
The coriolis effect is not an actual force, that’s all I’m saying.