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Something wrong?Carl-Gustaf Arvid Rossby was a Swedish-born American meteorologist who first explained the large-scale motions of the atmosphere in terms of fluid mechanics. He identified and characterized both the jet stream and the long waves in the westerlies that were later named Rossby waves.
A life in dates
1957Died19 August 1957International Meteorological Organization PrizeAward1953Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research MedalAwardSymons Gold MedalAward1898Born28 December 1898
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Country
Sweden
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1898 to 1957 · aged 58
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