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Carl-Gustav Rossby  

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  • Carl-Gustav Rossby (1898–1957) was a Swedish American meteorologist whose innovations in the study of large-scale air movement and introduction of the equations describing atmospheric motion were largely responsible for the rapid development of meteorology as a science. Rossby explained the large-scale motions of the atmosphere in terms of fluid mechanics and was one of the first scientists to notice the problem of global warming. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Warming & Climate Change; Rossby, Carl-Gustav]

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