Everything about Equatorial wave
Ocean waves trapped close to the equator
Equatorial waves are oceanic and atmospheric waves trapped close to the equator, meaning that they decay rapidly away from the equator, but can propagate in the longitudinal and vertical directions. Wave trapping is the result of the Earth's rotation and its spherical shape which combine to cause the magnitude of the Coriolis force to increase rapidly away from the equator. Equatorial waves are present in both the tropical atmosphere and ocean and play an important role in the evolution of many climate phenomena such as El Niño. Many physical processes may excite equatorial waves including, in the case of the atmosphere, diabatic heat release associated with cloud formation, and in the case of the ocean, anomalous changes in the strength or direction of the trade winds. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: Equatorial waveA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Projected future changes in equatorial wave spectrum in CMIP6Influential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Equatorial waves simulated by the NCAR community climate modelThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Stratospheric Wave Disturbances Propagating over the Equatorial PacificCited 244 times
- Go sideways: Rossby-gravity wavesA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Equatorial Rossby waveA closely related topic
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Stratospheric Wave Disturbances Propagating over the Equatorial Pacific
Gravity wave seeding of equatorial plasma bubbles
Wave-like structures of large-scale equatorial spread-F irregularities
Equatorial Wave–Current Interactions
Equatorial Wave Activity Derived from Fluctuations in Observed Convection
Equatorial wave analysis from SABER and ECMWF temperatures
Synoptic Wave Perturbations and Convective Systems over Equatorial Africa
Tropical Cyclogenesis within an Equatorial Rossby Wave Packet
🆕 Influential since 2022
Projected future changes in equatorial wave spectrum in CMIP6
Convective Couplings with Equatorial Rossby Waves and Equatorial Kelvin Waves. Part I: Coupled Wave Structures
Equatorial magnetoplasma waves
Statistical Analysis of Wave Propagation Properties of Equatorial Noise Observed at Low Altitudes
A Model of the Convectively Coupled Equatorial Rossby Wave over the Indo-Pacific Warm Pool
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕Equatorial waves simulated by the NCAR community climate modelXinhua Cheng · 1988
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