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Coriolis Force and Noninertial Effects
written by David McIntyre
This site, from Oregon State University, offers animations that illustrate fictitious forces on frictionless objects on the Earth's surface.  The graphic display contrasts the path of the object as seen from space and as seen from Earth's surface. The effects of both the centrifugal and Coriolis forces are shown.
http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/~mcintyre/coriolis/
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Motion, Forces, and Energy
- Relative Motion
= Coriolis Effect
= Moving Reference Frames
= Rotating Reference Frames
- Lower Undergraduate
- High School
- Informal Education
- Audio/Visual
= Movie/Animation
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- Learners
- Educators
- video/quicktime
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Keywords: Coriolis effect, centrifugal force, ficticious force, frame of reference, inertial frame, noninertial reference
Record Creator: Metadata instance created November 29, 2007 by Ann Deml
Record Updated: Aug 10, 2020 by Lyle Barbato
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D. McIntyre, , WWW Document, (http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/~mcintyre/coriolis/).
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D. McIntyre, Coriolis Force and Noninertial Effects, <http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/~mcintyre/coriolis/>.
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McIntyre, D. (n.d.). Coriolis Force and Noninertial Effects. Retrieved April 21, 2025, from http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/~mcintyre/coriolis/
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McIntyre, David. Coriolis Force and Noninertial Effects. http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/~mcintyre/coriolis/ (accessed 21 April 2025).
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McIntyre, David. Coriolis Force and Noninertial Effects. 21 Apr. 2025 <http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/~mcintyre/coriolis/>.
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