• 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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  • Rossby waves, also known as planetary waves, are a type of inertial wave naturally occurring in rotating fluids. They were first identified by Sweden-born...
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  • special 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...
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  • 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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    the two basins at any given time. Research has shown that trapped equatorial Rossby wave packets can increase the likelihood of tropical cyclogenesis in...
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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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    (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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  • This is a list of wave topics. Contents:  Top 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z...
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    mechanics Applied mechanics Classical mechanics Earth's rotation Equatorial Rossby wave Frenet–Serret formulas Gyroscope Kinetics (physics) Reactive centrifugal...
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    to the passage of an equatorial Rossby wave and an Kelvin wave, which would help cause the formation of a temporary near-equatorial trough. The next day...
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    Pacific NECC undergoes an annual cycle. This is a result of the annual Rossby wave. Early each year increased winds in the eastern Pacific generate a region...
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    Vollaro, David (April 1, 2007). "Tropical Cyclogenesis within an Equatorial Rossby Wave Packet". Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 64 (4). American Meteorological...
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    due to the positive phase of the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) and an equatorial Rossby wave. Despite that, the MJO briefly caused El Niño-like wind anomalies...
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    active phase of the Madden–Julian oscillation in conjunction with an equatorial Rossby wave, while it was situated to the south of the Indonesian archipelago...
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    the long-wave sector, in the emission of equatorial Rossby waves, with dipolar meridional structure, to the West, and of equatorial Kelvin waves, to the...
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    weather, citing the conducive conditions induced by the MJO and an equatorial Rossby wave. The monsoon trough north-northeast of Madagascar had intensified...
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    Rossby Wave Instability (RWI) is a concept related to astrophysical accretion discs. In non-self-gravitating discs, for example around newly forming stars...
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    Madden–Julian oscillation in conjunction with a westward-propagating equatorial Rossby wave led to the formation of a tropical low on 6 April. The low—designated...
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  • form eddies. Each large meander, or wave, within the jet stream is known as a Rossby wave (planetary wave). Rossby waves are caused by changes in the Coriolis...
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    laboratory experiments. Rossby waves, geostrophic currents, and geostrophic winds are examples of inertial waves. Inertial waves are also likely to exist...
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    Kelvin wave. Despite being during a dry phase of the MJO, the Kelvin wave's interaction with a nearby, westward-propagating, equatorial Rossby wave gave...
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    active phase of the Madden–Julian oscillation in conjunction with an equatorial Rossby wave, while it was situated to the south of the Indonesian archipelago...
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    pressure head reducing the flow. Global-scale, ocean waves such as equatorial/coastal Kelvin and Rossby waves drive interannual variation of the ITF with an...
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    Depression 01, a sudden surge of equatorial Rossby Waves and Kelvin Waves prevailed over the basin. These two waves helped in a formation of another monsoonal...
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    environment for intensification due to the presence of a Kelvin wave and an equatorial Rossby wave, as well as warm sea surface temperatures, low to moderate...
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    formed during an active phase of the MJO in conjunction with an equatorial Rossby wave, while it was situated to the south of the Indonesian archipelago...
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    strong pulse of the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO), Kelvin wave and Equatorial Rossby wave (ERW) prevailed in the Indian Ocean. Along with a westerly...
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    types of Rossby waves, barotropic and baroclinic. Barotropic Rossby waves have the highest speeds and do not vary vertically. Baroclinic Rossby waves are much...
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    aloft and poleward outflow also aiding the system. Moreover, an equatorial Rossby wave reinforced humidity in the atmosphere, facilitating the process...
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    depression on 23 December due to the presence of a Kelvin wave and an equatorial Rossby wave, as well as warm sea surface temperatures. The depression...
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