Rossby waves, also known as planetary waves, are a type of inertial wave naturally occurring in rotating fluids. They were first identified by Sweden-born... 22 KB (2,626 words) - 14:46, 2 April 2024 |
Rossby-gravity waves are equatorially trapped waves (much like Kelvin waves), meaning that they rapidly decay as their distance increases away from the... 6 KB (833 words) - 11:17, 7 June 2022 |
Equatorial Rossby waves, often called planetary waves, are very long, low frequency water waves found near the equator and are derived using the equatorial... 5 KB (789 words) - 06:54, 27 April 2020 |
subclasses of equatorial waves known as the mixed Rossby-gravity wave (also known as the Yanai wave) and the equatorial Kelvin wave. The latter two share... 16 KB (2,430 words) - 09:44, 28 March 2024 |
the flow. Each large meander, or wave, within the jet stream is known as a Rossby wave (planetary wave). Rossby waves are caused by changes in the Coriolis... 74 KB (8,672 words) - 17:04, 19 April 2024 |
portal Physics portal Rossby wave Rossby-gravity waves Equatorial Rossby wave Kelvin–Helmholtz instability Edge wave Tropical wave Thomson, W. (Lord Kelvin)... 10 KB (1,368 words) - 03:35, 14 April 2024 |
Rossby Wave Instability (RWI) is a concept related to astrophysical accretion discs. In non-self-gravitating discs, for example around newly forming stars... 7 KB (805 words) - 20:25, 3 August 2023 |
generate them. In the vortex Rossby wave hypothesis, the waves travel radially outward from the inner vortex. The waves amplify angular momentum at a... 37 KB (4,445 words) - 08:38, 24 March 2024 |
laboratory experiments. Rossby waves, geostrophic currents, and geostrophic winds are examples of inertial waves. Inertial waves are also likely to exist... 8 KB (1,100 words) - 05:17, 7 June 2023 |
Carl-Gustaf Rossby (1898–1957) was a Swedish-born American meteorologist. Rossby may also refer to: Rossby (crater), impact crater on Mars Rossby wave, a natural... 530 bytes (103 words) - 21:07, 3 September 2017 |
connected by large-scale atmospheric circulation patterns. Examples include Rossby wave propagation from the North Pacific or an upper-level anticyclone west... 81 KB (10,847 words) - 05:32, 8 April 2024 |
the positive phase of the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) and an equatorial Rossby wave. Despite that, the MJO briefly caused El Niño-like wind anomalies to... 36 KB (2,139 words) - 16:31, 19 April 2024 |
generates Rossby waves that propagate poleward and eastward and are subsequently refracted back from the pole to the tropics. The planetary waves form at... 36 KB (4,165 words) - 13:31, 10 March 2024 |
Coriolis frequency (section Rossby parameter) important, for example, in calculations involving Rossby waves. Beta plane Earth's rotation Rossby-gravity waves Vallis, Geoffrey K. (2006). Atmospheric and... 5 KB (635 words) - 07:59, 9 October 2023 |
super-rotation List of important publications in geology Nychthemeron Rossby wave Spherical Earth World Geodetic System See Fallexperimente zum Nachweis... 43 KB (4,891 words) - 09:04, 6 April 2024 |
spherical shape of the Earth. It is important in the generation of Rossby waves. The Rossby parameter β{\displaystyle \beta } is given by... 2 KB (196 words) - 15:59, 1 August 2023 |