Carl-Gustaf Arvid Rossby was a Swedish-born American meteorologist who was the first to explain the large-scale motions of the atmosphere in terms of fluid mechanics. He identified and characterized the jet stream and the long atmospheric waves in the westerlies that were later named Rossby waves in his honor, work that remains foundational to modern dynamic meteorology.
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Defining ContributionFirst explained the large-scale motions of the atmosphere in terms of fluid mechanics 1 Connections
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1. Carl-Gustaf Rossby - Wikipedia
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28 December 1898
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Between 1954 and his death in Stockholm in 1957, he championed and developed the field of atmospheric chemistry.
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19 August 1957
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Stockholm, Sweden
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Stockholm, Sweden
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Swedish-born American meteorologist
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first explained the large-scale motions of the atmosphere in terms of fluid mechanics
View the Source2. Carl-Gustaf Rossby (Wikidata)
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born 1898
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also known as Carl-Gustaf Arvid Rossby
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citizen of Sweden
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citizen of United States
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born in Stockholm
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died in Stockholm
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