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Rossby Wave

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-024533

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. [DOE Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Climate Research Facility Glossary].

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-024533
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesEPA EV-Natural Environments-Atmosphere
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-024533",
  "term": "Rossby Wave",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "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. [DOE Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Climate Research Facility Glossary].",
  "references": [
    "EPA EV-Natural Environments-Atmosphere"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/rossby-wave/"
}

Record 24,533 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.