Mike Williams

Wasn't it james who wrote:
>The Coriolis force is said to deflect winds and currents "cum sole"
>(i.e. to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the
>Southern Hemisphere).
>
>Now, "cum sole" means "with the Sun". I don't see the Sun moving in
>the sky in any way comparable to winds and currents subject to the
>Coriolis force.
>
>Could someone shed light on this?

I think there's no more to it than the definition that you quoted. If
you stand in the Northern Hemisphere (except for some locations below
the Tropic of Cancer in Summer) then the Sun appears to move from left
to right (East to West). If you stand in the Southern Hemisphere the Sun
appears to move from right to left (East to West).

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Mike Williams
Gentleman of Leisure