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Buys Ballot's law
Buys Ballot's law (baɪs bəˈlɒts; bɔɪs) n (Physical Geography) a law stating that if an observer stands with his back to the wind in the N hemisphere, atmospheric pressure is lower on his left, and vice versa in the S hemisphere[named after C. H. D. Buys Ballot (1817–90), Dutch meteorologist]Buys Ballot's Law
Buys Ballot's LawThe law states that if an observer stands with his back to the wind, then the lower pressure will be on his left in the Northern Hemisphere, and on the right in the Southern Hemisphere. The law is named after Christoph Hendrik Diedrik Buys Ballot (1817–1890). |