This phenomenon is responsible for a flow of water perpendicular to prevailing winds known as Ekman transport.
The ratio of the inertial force to this phenomenon is known as the Rossby number. The magnitude of this force is proportional to twice a constant times the sine of the latitude because it is proportional to the cross product of the angular velocity of a (*) frame and the velocity of a particle. This phenomenon is responsible for a flow of water perpendicular to prevailing winds known as Ekman transport. It is not present on the equator, explaining why hurricanes do not form there. For 10 points, name this force that deflects moving objects to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere, a fictitious deflective force observed in a rotating reference frame.
The ratio of the inertial force to this phenomenon is known as the Rossby number.
{Coriolis} effect [accept {Coriolis} force]