Buys Ballot's law

GPTKB entity

Statements (13)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf meteorological law
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:Northern_Hemisphere
gptkb:Southern_Hemisphere
gptkbp:describes relationship between wind direction and atmospheric pressure
gptkbp:formedBy 1857
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Buys Ballot's law
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Christophorus_Buys_Ballot
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Coriolis_effect
gptkbp:state In the Northern Hemisphere, if a person stands with their back to the wind, the lower pressure is to the left and higher pressure to the right
In the Southern Hemisphere, if a person stands with their back to the wind, the lower pressure is to the right and higher pressure to the left
gptkbp:usedIn weather forecasting
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:C._H._D._Buys_Ballot
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5