List of Famous people with last name Rossby

Carl-Gustaf Rossby

First Name Carl-Gustaf
Born on December 28, 1898
Died on August 19, 1957 (aged 58)

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.

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