Kelvin wave - Wikipedia
WEBA Kelvin wave is a wave in the ocean, a large lake or the atmosphere that balances the Earth's Coriolis force against a topographic boundary such as a coastline, or a waveguide such as the equator.
Kelvin wave | Oceanic, Atmospheric & Climate | Britannica
WEBKelvin wave, in oceanography, an extremely long ocean wave that propagates eastward toward the coast of South America, where it causes the upper ocean layer of relatively warm water to thicken and sea level to rise.
Oceanic Kelvin waves: The next polar vortex* - NOAA Climate.gov
WEBJan 22, 2015 · While not as popular as “polar vortex,” oceanic Kelvin waves did break into media reports in early 2014 (here, here, here) when a really strong wave traveled eastward across the tropical Pacific Ocean. In this post, we’ll go into a little more detail on what these waves are and why they are important in ENSO prediction.
Kelvin Wave - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
WEBAs the equatorial ocean circulation responds to wind stress forcing, equatorial Kelvin waves transmit signals rapidly from the western to the eastern extremities of the ocean basin. Internal Kelvin waves propagating along the thermocline take about 2 months to cross the entire equatorial Pacific.
WEBKelvin waves are important in tidal wave propagation along boundaries, in wind-driven variability in the coastal ocean, and in El Niño. The mathematical derivation for Kelvin waves can be found in Knauss. Consider the eastern boundary of a sea. The basic dynamics of Kelvin waves the same as for Poincare waves. u.
Kelvin Wave | Ocean Circulation, Climate Impact & Dynamics
WEBMay 28, 2024 · Kelvin waves are a fundamental concept in the study of atmospheric and oceanic dynamics, playing a crucial role in ocean circulation and influencing global …
lecture12:kelvinwave - oceanwiki - ETH Z
WEBKelvin waves are large-scale waves that propagate along boundaries. They are generated by 3 factors: gravity, Earth rotation which causes a significant Coriolis acceleration and the presence of vertical boundaries as the edge of the continents or the Equator.
Kelvin Waves - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
WEBKelvin waves are large-scale wave motions in the Earth's atmosphere and ocean that are influenced by gravity, the Earth's rotation, and vertical boundaries. They exhibit unidirectional propagation and can be boundary trapped or equatorially trapped, with surface and internal variations.
WEBOceanic Kelvin waves play a critical role in tidal motion, in the adjustment of the tropical ocean to wind stress forcing, and in generating and sustaining the El Nin ̃o Southern Oscillation. Boundary-Trapped Kelvin Waves. Surface Kelvin Waves.
Coupled ocean-atmosphere dynamics of the 2017 extreme coastal ... - Nature
WEBJan 17, 2019 · Observations and ocean model experiments show that the downwelling Kelvin waves caused by strong westerly wind events over the equatorial Pacific, together with anomalous northerly coastal...
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