Definition of Rossby Waves

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Rossby Waves

The term 'Rossby Waves' as it applies to the area of the weather can be defined as ' 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'.

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