Abstract
Rossby waves! Beta-plane! Here Carl-Gustav Rossby, motivated by observations of weather patterns that move upstream relative to the dominant mid-latitude eastward wind flow, formulates a com-pletely novel linearized theory to account for the tendency for large-scale disturbances to move westward and smaller-scale disturbances to move eastward relative to the winds.
Recommended Citation
Rossby, C.-G.. 2020. "Editor's Commentary: Relation between variations in the intensity of the zonal circulation of the atmosphere and the displacements of the semi permanent centers of action." Journal of Marine Research 78, (1). https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/journal_of_marine_research/485
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