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.
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«equatorial»
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Sentences with «equatorial waves»
- 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. (esrl.noaa.gov)
- Maury, P. and Lott, F.: On the presence of equatorial waves in the lower stratosphere of a general circulation model, Atmos. (embrace-project.eu)
- 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. (pubs.giss.nasa.gov)
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