Usually means: Large-scale atmospheric wave patterns.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (Rossby wave)

▸ noun:  A natural phenomenon in the atmospheres and oceans of planets, a kind of inertial wave that is largely due to planetary rotation.

Similar:
Kelvin wave, skywave, gravity wave, stationary wave, resonance, Poynting-Robertson effect, undulation, standing wave, wave equation, wave, more...

Opposite:
Kelvin wave, eastward wave, short wave

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Similar:
Kelvin wave, skywave, gravity wave, stationary wave, resonance, Poynting-Robertson effect, undulation, standing wave, wave equation, wave, more...

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Kelvin wave, eastward wave, short wave



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