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Science Keywords > EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > ROSSBY/PLANETARY WAVES

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ROSSBY/PLANETARY WAVES  

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  • A wave on a uniform current in a two-dimensional nondivergent fluid system, rotating with varying angle speed about the local vertical (beta plane). (en)

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  • 2017-03-15 12:01:43.0 [mgenazzi] Definition added insert Definition (id: null text: A wave on a uniform current in a two-dimensional nondivergent fluid system, rotating with varying angle speed about the local vertical (beta plane). language code: en);

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