Question

b) Explain how global wind patterns are formed across the earth. c) Define percolation rate of water. How is it calculated?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Winds and ocean currents are in constant motion. This movement does not follow a straight line but bends and curves. This is the Coriolis effect which is noticeable in the curvature of global winds, and all that is free flowing across the surface of the earth. The curvature results from the earths rotation on its axis. This was first discovered by Gaspard C. Coriolis, a nineteenth century French engineer.