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==Meteorology==
==Meteorology==
{{Image|Wind deflection.PNG|right|250px|Wind motion in direction of pressure gradient is deflected by the Coriolis force by an amount dependent upon latitude, less at the equator and most at the poles.}}
{{Image|Wind deflection.PNG|right|250px|Wind motion in direction of pressure gradient is deflected by the Coriolis force by an amount dependent upon latitude, less closer to the equator and most at the poles.}}


==Notes==
==Notes==

Revision as of 15:58, 5 March 2011

Meteorology

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Wind motion in direction of pressure gradient is deflected by the Coriolis force by an amount dependent upon latitude, less closer to the equator and most at the poles.

Notes


Contributed by myself in June 2008, for example, here here, added Limerick


http://books.google.com/books?id=-3H5V0LGBOgC&pg=PA122&dq=Foucault+pendulum&hl=en&ei=CV1gTenZOpGisQO9ruzNCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CGQQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=Foucault%20pendulum&f=false

http://books.google.com/books?id=NAo7yv7Jmq0C&pg=PA22&dq=Foucault+pendulum&hl=en&ei=VopgTdmBCoK4sQP6p-ncCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=Foucault%20pendulum&f=false

http://books.google.com/books?id=NAo7yv7Jmq0C&pg=PA22&dq=Foucault+pendulum&hl=en&ei=VYVgTcujHoOusAO0vOXNCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=Foucault%20pendulum&f=false


http://books.google.com/books?id=hrBe52GPHrYC&pg=PA351&dq=Foucault+pendulum&hl=en&ei=VYVgTcujHoOusAO0vOXNCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CFQQ6AEwCDgK#v=onepage&q=Foucault%20pendulum&f=false

http://books.google.com/books?id=GfCil84YTm4C&pg=PA116&dq=Foucault+pendulum&hl=en&ei=E4ZgTeaDGIa-sQP1zvDHCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CE0Q6AEwBzgU#v=onepage&q=Foucault%20pendulum&f=false

http://books.google.com/books?id=mms6MXH9CuoC&pg=PA22&dq=Foucault+pendulum&hl=en&ei=34ZgTeukEIuesQPMvPHYCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCsQ6AEwATge#v=onepage&q=Foucault%20pendulum&f=false

http://books.google.com/books?id=imrm2aOs9_8C&pg=PA90&dq=Foucault+pendulum&hl=en&ei=34ZgTeukEIuesQPMvPHYCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEQQ6AEwBjge#v=onepage&q=Foucault%20pendulum&f=false

Maxwell

http://books.google.com/books?id=wr2QOBqOBakC&pg=PA184&dq=Foucault+pendulum&hl=en&ei=U4hgTd-9Foa6sQP3lt3ACA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDAQ6AEwATgy#v=onepage&q=Foucault%20pendulum&f=false

Practical matters

http://books.google.com/books?id=sSPLspTUYEEC&pg=PA73&dq=Foucault+pendulum&hl=en&ei=U4hgTd-9Foa6sQP3lt3ACA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDsQ6AEwAzgy#v=onepage&q=Foucault%20pendulum&f=false

http://books.google.com/books?id=1J2hzvX2Xh8C&pg=PA272&dq=Foucault+pendulum&hl=en&ei=D4lgTdrSGIi6sQPrsunYCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAjg8#v=onepage&q=Foucault%20pendulum&f=false

References

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