English Explanatory Dictionary

Rossby wave

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A natural phenomenon in the atmospheres and oceans of planets, a kind of inertial wave that is largely due to planetary rotation.

Word forms

Rossby wave Rossby waves

Etymology

Named after Swedish-born American meteorologist Carl-Gustaf Rossby (1898–1957), who first identified them.

Synonyms

planetary wave
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