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[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

As the highs lows are part of the earth's atmosphere and thus trapped in a non-inertial frame of reference, they indeed experience the fictitious forces, such as the Coriolis and the centrifugal force.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world -3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The coriolis effect is not an actual force, that's all I'm saying.

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 2 points 21 hours ago

Which is why we call it the Coriolis effect rather than the Coriolis force