Coriolis Frequency -- from Eric Weisstein's World of Physics

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Coriolis Frequency

Balancing centripetal force with the Coriolis force on a body at a radial distance r from the center of a frame of reference rotating with angular velocity , where the body is travelling with a radial velocity v gives

(1)

Plugging in and solving for then results in

(2)

Coriolis Acceleration, Coriolis Force, Coriolis Parameter, Stratification Parameter


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