Using a calculator, compute the magnitude of the Coriolis parameter at the latitude of the Madison, Wisconsin, area (latitude approximately 43.3 N). Use 0.0000729 per second for the rotation rate of the Earth. Then multiply this number by 3,600. Your result is the change in eastward wind speed caused by the Coriolis force acting on a 1-meter-per-second southerly wind for an hour. What would your result be at the equator?
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