Carl-Gustaf Rossby
- Born: December 28, 1898 (Stockholm, Sweden)
- Died: August 19, 1957
Education
- 1918: Filosofie Kandidat, University of Stockholm
- 1925: Filosofie Licentiat, University of Stockholm (Mathematical Physics)
Major Positions
- 1918–1921: Geophysical Institute, Bergen, Assistant and Meteorologist
- 1921–1921: University of Leipzig, Staff Member, Geophysical Institute
- 1922–1923: Swedish Meteorologic-Hydrologic Service, Meteorologist
- 1926–1927: United States Weather Bureau, American-Scandinavian Foundation Fellow and Junior Meteorologist
- 1927–1928: Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics, Chair, Committee on Aeronautical Meteorology
- 1928–1932: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Associate Professor of Meteorology
- 1932–1941: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor of Meteorology
- 1939–1941: United States Weather Bureau, Assistant Chief for Research and Education
- 1941–1943: University of Chicago, Professor of Meteorology
- 1943–1951: University of Chicago, Andrew MacLeish Distinguished Service Professor
- 1947–1957: University of Stockholm, Professor of Meteorology
Other Positions
- 1932–1957: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Research Associate
- 1947–1957: University of Stockholm, Director, Meteorological Institute
Selected Awards and Honors
Published Resources
Horace B. Byers, "Carl-Gustaf Arvid Rossby: 1898-1957", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
Bert Bolin, "Carl-Gustaf Rossby: The Stockholm Period, 1947-1957," Tellus A 51 (1999): 4-12
