Sentences with phrase «equatorial waves»
Equatorial waves are long waves that move along the Earth's equator. They are caused by differences in temperature and pressure between the ocean and atmosphere. These waves have a big impact on weather patterns and the movement of heat across the globe. Full definition
Kikuchi K., G. N. Kiladis, J. Dias and T. Nasuno (August 2017): Convectively coupled equatorial waves within the MJO during CINDY / DYNAMO: slow Kelvin waves as building blocks.
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Maury, P. and Lott, F.: On the presence of equatorial waves in the lower stratosphere of a general circulation model, Atmos.
Space - time spectral analysis is used to obtain the variance and phase speed of dominant convectively coupled equatorial waves, including the MJO, Kelvin, equatorial Rossby (ER), mixed Rossby - gravity (MRG), and eastward inertio - gravity (EIG) and westward inertio - gravity (WIG) waves.
Boville, B.A., and W.J. Randel, 1992: Equatorial waves in a stratospheric GCM: Effects of resolution.
Yang, G.Y., B. Hoskins, and J. Slingo, 2003: Convectively coupled equatorial waves: A new methodology for identifying wave structures in observational data.
About half of the models have signals of convectively coupled equatorial waves, with Kelvin and MRG - EIG waves especially prominent.
These equatorial waves travel in the opposite direction of Kelvin waves at less than one meter per second.
Scientists have observed these equatorial waves using buoys and satellite altimetry.