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planetary wave

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planetary wave [′plan·ə‚ter·ē ′wāv]
(communications)
long wave
(meteorology)
Rossby wave


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Scientists at the University of Victoria in British Columbia recently built a computer model to look at how these so-called planetary waves will respond to more heat.
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