In the Northern Hemisphere, pressure gradients and the Coriolis effect applied to low-pressure centers produce winds that blow
A. outward and clockwise.
B. inward and clockwise.
C. outward and counterclockwise.
D. inward and counterclockwise.

Question

In the Northern Hemisphere, pressure gradients and the Coriolis effect applied to low-pressure centers produce winds that blow
  A. outward and clockwise. 	
  B. inward and clockwise. 	
  C. outward and counterclockwise. 	
  D. inward and counterclockwise.

anonymous · Answer

I believe it is D, but I am not 100% sure.

anonymous · Answer

may be D also not sure

anonymous · Answer

http://www.slideshare.net/basdsci/chapter-19-258138 If you go to this link and go to page 27/70 you will see that it says that when the pressure gradient and the Coriolis effect are applied to the pressure centers in the Northern Hemisphere, winds blow counter-clockwise around a low. Then it states that in either hemisphere, friction causes the net flow of air inward around a cyclone and a net flow of air outward around an anticyclone. Now, go to page 26/70. Centers of low pressure are cyclones and centers or high pressure are anticyclones. So, the answer would be D.