Rossby waves are generated by atmospheric forcing from winds and buoyancy effects from solar heating and are the principal means by which localised climatic effects drive the global response of the ocean.
ROSSBY WAVES The movement of ridges and troughs in the upper wind patterns, primarily the jet stream, circling the earth. Named for Carl-Gustaf Rossby, a U.S.
Rossby waves - the large lobes, about a thousand miles wide, in the waves circulating the earth.
Rossby Waves
A series of troughs and ridges on quasi-horizontal surfaces in the major belt of upper tropospheric westerlies. The waves are thousands of kilometers long and have significant latitudinal amplitude.
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ROSSBY WAVES - long waves that form in air or water that flows almost parallel to the equator, which results form the effect of the earth's rotation.
Rossby waves Series of long-wavelength troughs and ridges that characterize the planetary-scale westerlies as they encircle the globe; also called long waves.
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ROSSBY WAVE - A wave or undulation in a fluid medium characterized by a change in the flow of that medium. Large ocean currents such as the Gulf Stream often meander like a river without a bank.
In meteorology, this applies to atmospheric waves, such as long waves, short waves, Rossby waves, and cyclonic waves. In oceanography, this applies to waves generated by mechanical means, such as currents, turbidity, and the wind.
shortwave troughA relatively small-scale trough that is superimposed on and propagates through the longer wavelength Rossby waves.single-column modeling (SCM)An approach to the development and testing of cloud formation and parameterizations.
long-wave formula"See Rossby wave.
long wave"1. (Or major wave; also called planetary wave.) With regard to atmospheric circulation, a wave in the major belt of westerlies that is characterized by large length and significant amplitude.
Rossby Waves:Discovered in the late 1930's by: Carl G. Rossby: a Swidish-American Meteorologist for whom they are named. Rossby Waves occur well above the friction level. They are steering currents and are at the 500 mb 18,000 feet level and higher.
Rossby wave, long wave, short wave, cyclone wave, barotropic disturbance). See also inertia wave. 2. At the surface of the ocean, a disturbance generated by wind action with dynamics governed by the influence of gravity and/or surface tension.
Atmospheric Wave - Any pattern with some roughly identifiable periodicity in time and/or space. In meteorology, waves in the horizontal flow pattern (e.g., Rossby wave, long wave, short wave).
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