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AdkinsJr
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Homework Statement
So let's say I have a particle moving at some given latitude λ on or near the Earth's surface, northen hemisphere (see diagram attached). Look at the coordiate system I have x',y'and z' with origin on the surface...and the velocity I'm given has components along those primed axis. So I'm given three components,
[tex]\vec V' = \vec V_{x'} + \vec V_{y'}+ \vec V_{z'} [/tex]
I want to find Coriolis Force
In my text there is discussion about "primed coordinate system rotating with respect to an unprimed, fixed, inertial one."
I can't tell which one I should regard as being "fixed." If I treat xyz in my diagram as fixed, then x'y'z' is a "translated" coordinate system that is orbiting the z axis of the fixed system. But this is not the same as "rotating," as I understand it...and I don't think that would make any sense, so I am wondering if I should treat the x'y'z' system, which has origin at the surface, as stationary "inertial" and the xyz as the rotation system the angular velocity vector, which is defined as the vector [tex]\vec \omega = \omega \hat n[/tex] with n in direction of axis of rotation would therefore be in the z direction...