Cyclonic rotation or cyclonic circulation is the
atmospheric motion in the same direction as a
planet's rotation, as opposed to ''
anticyclonic rotation''. In the case of
Earth's rotation
Earth's rotation or Earth's spin is the rotation of planet Earth around its own Rotation around a fixed axis, axis, as well as changes in the orientation (geometry), orientation of the rotation axis in space. Earth rotates eastward, in progra ...
, the
Coriolis effect causes cyclonic rotation to be in a counterclockwise direction in the
Northern Hemisphere
The Northern Hemisphere is the half of Earth that is north of the equator. For other planets in the Solar System, north is defined by humans as being in the same celestial sphere, celestial hemisphere relative to the invariable plane of the Solar ...
and clockwise in the
Southern Hemisphere.
A closed area of winds rotating cyclonically is known as a ''
cyclone
In meteorology, a cyclone () is a large air mass that rotates around a strong center of low atmospheric pressure, counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere as viewed from above (opposite to an ant ...
''.
References
External links
Cyclonic Rotation- AMS Glossary of Meteorology
Climate patterns
Rotation
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