You flush your toilet and it rotates counterclockwise. That's obviously due to Coriolis right? Use the Rossby
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You flush your toilet and it rotates counterclockwise. That's obviously due to Coriolis right? Use the Rossby number to determine if Coriolis would be important in modifying the following motions. a. For a toilet with a perimeter of 1 meter and a velocity of 3 m/s in Tampa (28 degrees N) vs. the same toilet in Perth, Australia 32 degrees S. b. A pitcher throwing a 90 mph fastball, in Tampa, from the mound to homeplate. c. A hurricane moving over 300 km at 40 m/s at 20 N? d. A mid-latitude low pressure system of length scale 600 Km with 10 m/s winds at 40 N?
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