Eight days ago, it rained over the western Pacific Ocean near Japan. There was nothing especially remarkable about this rain event, yet it made big waves twice. First, it disturbed the atmosphere in ...

Rossby waves are large-scale planetary waves arising from the variation of the Coriolis effect with latitude. They occur in both barotropic (depth-uniform) and baroclinic (stratified) forms, governing ...

Rossby waves are fundamental components of the midlatitude atmospheric circulation, arising from the conservation of vorticity on a rotating planet. They appear as large-scale undulations in the jet ...