What weather is the Coriolis Effect more important in?
I’m in a meteorology class and I’m having a really hard time with this question:
The Coriolis Effect is more important in a ______ than in a(n)______.
a. thunderstorm………….tornado
b. tornado…………..cyclone
c. tornado…………..anticyclone
d. weak thunderstorm……………supercell
e. weak thunderstorm……………mesocyclone
If anyone can help that’d be awesome!!!!!!!!!!
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The answer is a.The coriolis force is determined by the rossby number.Tornadoes have a high rossby number so they are unimpotant as it concerns the coriolis effect.
If a low-pressure area forms in the atmosphere, air will tend to flow in towards it, but will be deflected perpendicular to its velocity by the Coriolis acceleration. A system of equilibrium can then establish itself creating circular movement, or a cyclonic flow. Because the Rossby number is low, the force balance is largely between the pressure gradient force acting towards the low-pressure area and the Coriolis force acting away from the center of the low pressure.