Carl-Gustaf Rossby

Carl-Gustaf Arvid Rossby was a Swedish-born American meteorologist who first explained the large-scale motions of the atmosphere in terms of fluid mechanics. He identified and characterized both the jet stream and the long waves in the westerlies that were later named Rossby waves.

28 December 1898

Born on the same birth date (28 December 1898): Shigematsu Sakaibara

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