Get to know Rossby better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Rossby in a sentence
Rossby meaning
A surname.
Using Rossby
- The main meaning on this page is: A surname.
- In the example corpus, rossby often appears in combinations such as: rossby number, the rossby, rossby waves.
Context around Rossby
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Rossby
- In this selection, "rossby" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, small, large, gustav, waves, carl and wave stand out and add context to how "rossby" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a large rossby number idicates and a small rossby number indicates. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "rossby" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with rossby
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Rossby waves are caused by changes in the Coriolis effect with latitude. (12 words)
The Rossby number is low, so the centrifugal force is virtually negligible. (12 words)
It is likely that the Rossby number would be a valuable dynamic similarity number. (14 words)
Because the Rossby number is low, the force balance is largely between the pressure gradient force acting towards the low-pressure area and the Coriolis force acting away from the center of the low pressure. (35 words)
The number was named in honor of Carl-Gustav Rossby, Carl-Gustaf Rossby a meteorologist who first described the large scale motions of the atmosphere in terms of fluid mechanics. (30 words)
A small Rossby number indicates a system is strongly affected by Coriolis forces, and a large Rossby number idicates a system in which inertial forces dominate. (26 words)
Example sentences (10)
A small Rossby number indicates a system is strongly affected by Coriolis forces, and a large Rossby number idicates a system in which inertial forces dominate.
The number was named in honor of Carl-Gustav Rossby, Carl-Gustaf Rossby a meteorologist who first described the large scale motions of the atmosphere in terms of fluid mechanics.
A more correct speed would be that characteristic of the swirl fd, where f is the precession (and sound) frequency, based on the Rossby number.
Because the Rossby number is low, the force balance is largely between the pressure gradient force acting towards the low-pressure area and the Coriolis force acting away from the center of the low pressure.
Each large meander, or wave, within the jet stream is known as a Rossby wave (planetary wave).
It is likely that the Rossby number would be a valuable dynamic similarity number.
Now the Rossby number can be derived directly from the dimensionless form of the momentum equation in curvilinear coordinates.
Rossby waves are caused by changes in the Coriolis effect with latitude.
The Rossby number is low, so the centrifugal force is virtually negligible.
This generates so-called Rossby waves that travel quite slowly, at just a few kilometers per day, but can generate significant kinetic energy.
Common combinations with rossby
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: