Rossby-gravity waves are equatorially trapped waves (much like Kelvin waves), meaning that they rapidly decay as their distance increases away from the...
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subclasses of equatorial waves known as the mixed Rossby-gravity wave (also known as the Yanai wave) and the equatorial Kelvin wave. The latter two share...
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(1959) Rossby (crater) Rossby number Rossby parameter Rossby whistle Rossby-gravity waves Equatorial Rossby wave Rossby radius of deformation Rossby Wave Instability...
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(traveling wave) or be stationary (standing wave). Atmospheric waves range in spatial and temporal scale from large-scale planetary waves (Rossby waves) to minute...
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Coriolis frequency (section Rossby parameter)
important, for example, in calculations involving Rossby waves. Beta plane Earth's rotation Rossby-gravity waves Vallis, Geoffrey K. (2006). Atmospheric and...
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Topographic Rossby waves are geophysical waves that form due to bottom irregularities. For ocean dynamics, the bottom irregularities are on the ocean floor...
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Equatorial Rossby waves, often called planetary waves, are very long, low frequency water waves found near the equator and are derived using the equatorial...
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portal Physics portal Rossby wave Rossby-gravity waves Equatorial Rossby wave Kelvin–Helmholtz instability Edge wave Tropical wave Thomson, W. (Lord Kelvin)...
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high-frequency mixed Rossby-gravity waves in the mid-troposphere triggered by the synoptic disturbances of the tropical Pacific. These high-frequency waves manifested...
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termed "breaking waves", partly by analogy with water surface waves. In meteorology, atmospheric gravity waves are said to break when the wave produces regions...
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