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Rossby wave propagation

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-024534

(Propagation of) a series of troughs and ridges on quasi-horizontal surfaces in the major belt of upper tropospheric westerlies. The waves are thousands of kilometers long and have significant latitudinal amplitude.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-024534
FieldEnvironment
SubjectNatural environments
ReferencesAdapted from NOAA National Weather Service Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-024534",
  "term": "Rossby wave propagation",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Rossby Wave Propagation",
  "definition": "(Propagation of) a series of troughs and ridges on quasi-horizontal surfaces in the major belt of upper tropospheric westerlies. The waves are thousands of kilometers long and have significant latitudinal amplitude.",
  "subject": "Natural environments",
  "references": [
    "Adapted from NOAA National Weather Service Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/rossby-wave-propagation/"
}

Record 23,874 of 29,894 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.