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Coriolis effect 

The Coriolis effect is an intertial force, it is a deflection of moving objects.
The two reasons for the coriolis effect are

• the Earth rotates eastward
• the tangential velocity of a point on the Earth is a function of latitude

Jet Streams

Jet streams are fast flowing, air currents found in the atmospheres.

Trade Winds

The trade winds are the prevailing patterns of easterly surface winds found in the tropics.The trade winds blow predominantly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere and from the southeast in the Southern Hemisphere.

Cyclones

A cyclone is an area of closed, circular fluid motion rotating in the same direction as the Earth.

Anticyclones

An anticylcone is the oppisite of a cyclone, it is a weather phenominon. they are defined as as a large-scale circulation of winds around a central region of high atmospheric pressure, clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere, counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.