Sweden’s Carl Gustav Rossby, shown here with a rotating tank used to study atmospheric motion. Rossby first explained large-scale atmospheric motion in terms of fluid mechanics.

Reichelderfer attracted world class weather experts like Sweden’s Carl Gustav Rossby, shown here with a rotating tank used to study atmospheric motion. Rossby first explained large-scale atmospheric motion in terms of fluid mechanics.

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