ROSSBY WAVES


Meaning of ROSSBY WAVES in English

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. Weather Bureau (NWS) employee, who first theorized about the existence of the jet stream in 1939.

Weather and meteorology English vocabulary.      Английский словарь погоды и метеорологии .