Rotating TA's demonstrate the Coriolis Force

with Jen St. Louis and Steve Phillips


No rotation


Overview of northern hemisphere
rotation from a non-rotating
frame of reference


Northern hemisphere rotation
from the rotating frame of
reference


Southern hemisphere rotation
from the rotating frame of
reference



A Movie from the University of Illinois at Champagne-Urbana


Another Coriolis Movie

Watch the following movie, and, on your lab assignment, indicate which hemisphere they are simulating.