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ROSSBY — SWEDEN (see also List of Individuals) 28.12.1898 Stockholm/S 19.8.1957 Stockholm/S Carl Gustaf Rossby graduated as a geophysicist in 1922 from the Technical University of Stockholm KTH, joined the Swedish Meteorological Institute and collaborated … Hydraulicians in Europe 1800-2000
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