File:Low-pressure-system-over-iceland-coriolis-force-overlay.jpg
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English: A beautifully-formed low-pressure system swirls off the southwestern coast of Iceland, illustrating the maxim that "nature abhors a vacuum." The vacuum in this case would be a region of low atmospheric pressure. In order to fill this void, air from a nearby high-pressure system moves in, in this case bringing clouds along for the ride. And because this low-pressure system occurred in the Northern Hemisphere, the winds spun in toward the center of the low-pressure system in a counter-clockwise direction; a phenomenon known as the Coriolis force (Pressure gradient force represented by blue arrows. The Coriolis force, always perpendicular to the velocity, by red arrows). The clouds in the image resembled pulled cotton and lace as they spun in a lazy hurricane-like pattern. This huge system swirled over the Denmark Strait in between Greenland and Iceland. The image was taken by the Aqua MODIS instrument on September 4, 2003. |
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- File:Low pressure system over Iceland.jpg licensed with PD-USGov-NASA
- 2009-12-16T13:23:24Z Tryphon 6000x5200 (4050902 Bytes) Higher resolution, from http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_detail.php?id=6204.
- 2005-11-04T19:14:56Z Brian0918 3500x3033 (2420077 Bytes) A beautifully-formed low-pressure system swirls off the southeastern coast of Iceland, illustrating the maxim that "nature abhors a vacuum." The vacuum in this case would be a region of low atmospheric pressure. In order to f
- File:Coriolis effect10.svg licensed with Cc-by-sa-2.0, Cc-by-sa-3.0-migrated, GFDL
- 2007-08-23T21:47:13Z Ogre 642x611 (7395 Bytes) made more squared
- 2007-08-23T21:45:50Z Ogre 702x629 (7394 Bytes) made more squared
- 2007-08-23T21:40:42Z Ogre 702x629 (7394 Bytes) canvas size
- 2007-08-23T21:39:53Z Ogre 744x1052 (7337 Bytes) {{Information |Description=Illustration for Coriolis effect article. Schematic representation of flow around a low pressure area. Pressure gradient force represented by blue arrows. The Coriolis force, always perpendicular to
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| current | 11:38, 21 October 2022 | | 6,000 × 5,200 (4.04 MB) | MikeRun (talk | contribs) | == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description={{en|A beautifully-formed low-pressure system swirls off the southwestern coast of Iceland, illustrating the maxim that "nature abhors a vacuum." The vacuum in this case would be a region of low atmospheric pressure. In order to fill this void, air from a nearby high-pressure system moves in, in this case bringing clouds along for the ride. And because this low-pressure system occurred in the Northern Hemisphere, the winds spun in toward the c... |
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