 Equatorial Rossby-wave dispersion relation (source code)

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= Equatorial Rossby-wave dispersion relation
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Under meridional geostrophic balance, the mode with Hermite index $n\geq1$ has $\omega=-kc/(2n+1)$. The full shallow-water equations bend this long-wave line into a dispersive Rossby branch.

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