{"id":1058,"date":"2023-09-20T23:18:31","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T23:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jruppert.oucreate.com\/?p=1058"},"modified":"2023-09-20T23:18:31","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T23:18:31","slug":"fun-in-the-sun-with-coriolis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jruppert.metr.ou.edu\/index.php\/2023\/09\/20\/fun-in-the-sun-with-coriolis\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun in the sun with Coriolis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How does Coriolis deflection work? Shouldn&#8217;t projectile motion follow a straight path? If not, then how, when, and why not? Today we grappled with these questions in James&#8217;s Atmospheric Dynamics 1 (METR 3113) class by taking advantage of the phenomenal weather on a late-summer day in Norman. The idea: one volunteer moves across the human circle following a straight path (to their perception) while the surrounding people walk out the path of the circle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"1062\" src=\"https:\/\/jruppert.metr.ou.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230920_102702-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1062\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"1064\" src=\"https:\/\/jruppert.metr.ou.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230920_102537-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1064\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The mind-bending insight: to the rotating viewers (akin to people residing on Earth, in the <em>rotating reference frame<\/em>), the path is curved, while someone standing still in or outside the circle simply sees a straight path. \ud83e\udd2f \ud83e\udd2f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"1068\" src=\"https:\/\/jruppert.metr.ou.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230920_102515-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1068\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"1069\" src=\"https:\/\/jruppert.metr.ou.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230920_102316-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1069\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Major shoutouts to 1) <a href=\"https:\/\/spinlab.epss.ucla.edu\/\">Jon Aurnou<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/diynamics.github.io\/\">DIYnamics<\/a> crew for inspiration for this activity at the <a href=\"https:\/\/serc.carleton.edu\/earth_rendezvous\/2023\/index.html\">Earth Educators&#8217; Rendezvous 2023<\/a>, and 2) OU student Parker Davis for volunteering to take these photos!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"1070\" src=\"https:\/\/jruppert.metr.ou.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230920_102222-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1070\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"1071\" src=\"https:\/\/jruppert.metr.ou.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230920_101428-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1071\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How does Coriolis deflection work? 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