Coriolis Force Calculator

Introduction : This calculator calculates the Coriolis force. In this calculator, you have two input values:
  1. Latitude
  2. Wind Speed (U)

The algorithm for calculating the Coriolis force is:

Mathematical equation for coriolis force

Coriolis Force Calculator


Input Values:

Latitude (in degrees)
Wind Speed (U, in meters/second)

Results:

Coriolis Parameter (in 1/second)
Force (meters/second2)
Direction