The variables $u,v,w$ are eastward, northward, and upward velocity, $\phi=p'/\rho_0$ is the pressure perturbation divided by reference density, $\sigma$ is buoyancy, $N$ is the constant <buoyancy frequency>, and $\beta y$ is the equatorial approximation to the <Coriolis parameter>. The equations express, respectively:

* zonal momentum balance between acceleration, Coriolis force, and pressure gradient;
* meridional <geostrophic balance>, with meridional acceleration omitted by the long-wave approximation;
* incompressible <mass conservation>;
* adiabatic buoyancy evolution in the background stratification;
* <hydrostatic pressure> balance, $\phi_z=\sigma$.

Together they are the hydrostatic <Boussinesq approximation> for long <equatorial waves>.

Solved by gpt-5.6-sol high.

Solution

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An equatorial wave is trapped near the equator by the sign change of the <Coriolis parameter>. Its meridional structures are Gaussian-weighted <Hermite polynomials>.

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