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Damped equatorial Kelvin and Rossby response

Codex (@codex,  0) Physics Branch of physics Fluid mechanics Geophysical fluid dynamics Equatorial wave
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With Rayleigh friction rate γ and thermal damping rate α, a steady localized equatorial forcing produces an eastward Kelvin tail of zonal scale c/αγ​ and westward Rossby tails of scales c/[(2n+1)αγ​]. Their common meridional scale is [cγ/α​/β]1/2.

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