Rossby wave

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Rossby wave [′rȯs·bē ‚wāv]

(meteorology)

A large, slow-moving, planetary-scale wave generated in the troposphere by ocean-land temperature contrasts and topographic forcing (winds flowing over mountains), and affected by the Coriolis effect due to the earth's rotation. Rossby waves have also been observed in the ocean. Also known as planetary wave.

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No references found			Interpreting the oscillations as Rossby waves (which result from the restoring forces caused by differences in the Coriolis force with changing latitude) allows establishment of an upper limit on horizontal wind speed in the sampled region. Studying Pluto's atmosphere using stellar occultations by Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa This teleconnectivity, which has four centers of action associated with it, is most likely the result of Rossby wave excitation by tropical convection in the central Pacific Ocean Region and the subsequent propagation of these waves downstream (e. Determining the spring to summer transition in the Missouri Ozarks ... by Baxter, Martin A. / Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Science After hitting South America, this wave reflects westward as a so-called Rossby wave -- a broad feature imperceptible to ships. Ghost of '82 El Nino haunts climate by Monastersky, Richard / Science News			Ross, Diana Ross, Douglas Taylor Ross, Edmund Gibson Ross, Edward Alsworth Ross, George Ross, Harold Ross, Harold W Ross, Harold Wallace Ross, James Clark Ross, John Ross, Nellie Ross, Robert Ross, Ronald Ross, Sir George William Ross, Sir James Clark Ross, Sir John Ross, Sir Ronald Ross, Sir William David Rossbach Rossbach, Ed Rossby diagram Rossby number Rossby parameter Rossby regime Rossby term Rossby wave Rossby, Carl-Gustaf Rossby, Carl-Gustaf Arvid Rosse Rosse, William Parsons, 3d earl of Rosse, William Parsons, 3rd earl Rossel Current Rossel, Louis Nathaniel Rosseland mean absorption coefficient Rosselli, Carlo Rosselli, Cosimo Rossellini Rossellini, Roberto Rossellino Rossellino, Antonio Rossellino, Bernardo Rossetti Rossetti, Christina Rossetti, Christina Georgina Rossetti, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Gabriele Rossi, Aldo Rossi, Alice S. Rossi, Ernesto Rossi, Karl Rossi, Karl Ivanovich			Ross, Sir George William Ross, Sir James Clark Ross, Sir James Clark Ross, Sir James Clark Ross, Sir John Ross, Sir John Ross, Sir John Ross, Sir Ronald Ross, Sir Ronald Ross, Sir Ronald Ross, Sir William David Ross, Stephen Ross, Westerfield, and Jaffe Ross, Westerfield, Jordan, Roberts ROSS2 Rossa ROSSAC Rossbach Rossbach Roßbach Roßbach Rossbach, Ed Rossbrook Football League Rossby Centre Atmosphere-Ocean model Rossby diagram Rossby number Rossby parameter Rossby regime Rossby term Rossby wave Rossby waves Rossby, Carl-Gustaf Rossby, Carl-Gustaf Arvid ROSSD Rosse Rosse Rosse Rosse, William Parsons, 3d earl of Rosse, William Parsons, 3rd earl Rossel Rossel Current Rossel, Louis Nathaniel Rosseland mean absorption coefficient Rosselini Rosselini Rosselli, Carlo Rosselli, Cosimo Rossellini Rossellini Rossellini, Roberto Rossellini, Roberto Rossellino Rossellino, Antonio Rossellino, Bernardo Rossello Rossello Rosselly Rossendale Shotokan Karate Club

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