Rossby (disambiguation)

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Carl-Gustaf Rossby (1898–1957) was a Swedish-born American meteorologist.

Rossby may also refer to:

  • Rossby (crater), impact crater on Mars
  • Rossby wave, a natural phenomenon in the atmosphere and oceans of planets
  • Rossby number, a dimensionless number used in describing fluid flow. The Rossby number is the ratio of inertial
  • Rossby parameter, used in geophysics and meteorology
  • Rossby whistle, oscillation of sea-level and bottom pressure in the Caribbean Sea