On a Physical Mechanism for Rossby Wave Propagation

Dale R. Durran Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

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Abstract

A simple class of barotropic Rossby waves are shown to propagate westward as the graphically balanced meridional windfield periodically reverses in response to a small meridional pressure gradient arising from the latitudinal variation of the Coriolis parameter.

Abstract

A simple class of barotropic Rossby waves are shown to propagate westward as the graphically balanced meridional windfield periodically reverses in response to a small meridional pressure gradient arising from the latitudinal variation of the Coriolis parameter.

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