• A Kelvin wave is a wave in the ocean or atmosphere that balances the Earth's Coriolis force against a topographic boundary such as a coastline, or a waveguide...
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  • The Kelvin–Helmholtz instability (after Lord Kelvin and Hermann von Helmholtz) is a fluid instability that occurs when there is velocity shear in a single...
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    Kelvin material Joule–Kelvin effect Kelvin sensing Kelvin transform in potential theory Kelvin wake pattern Kelvin water dropper Kelvin wave Kelvin's...
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  • Rossby waves, like Kelvin waves, can occur on any rotating planet with an atmosphere. The Y-shaped cloud feature on Venus is attributed to Kelvin and Rossby...
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  • 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 share...
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    currents; it is now known to be only a very minor factor. Kelvin Waves A Kelvin wave is any progressive wave that is channeled between two boundaries or opposing...
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    Kelvin Harrison Jr. (born July 23, 1994) is an American actor. He is the recipient of such accolades as a Screen Actors Guild Award and nominations for...
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    Amphidromic point (category Wave mechanics)
    geostrophic balance, Kelvin waves (originally described by Lord Kelvin) and Poincaré waves are generated. The amplitude of a Kelvin wave is highest near the...
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    produce a wake pattern, first explained mathematically by Lord Kelvin and known today as the Kelvin wake pattern. This pattern consists of two wake lines that...
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    1982-1983 El Niño developed rapidly during July 1982 in direct response to a Kelvin wave triggered by an MJO event during late May. Further, changes in the structure...
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  • wave. Along the coast, a boundary trapped Kelvin is also known as a coastal Kelvin wave or Edge wave. A Kelvin wave is a special type of gravity wave...
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  • with Shults, it was produced by Kevin Turen and James Wilson. It stars Kelvin Harrison Jr., Taylor Russell, Lucas Hedges, Alexa Demie, Renée Elise Goldsberry...
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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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  • turbulence decays even at very low temperatures. The Kelvin waves interact and create shorter Kelvin waves, until they are short enough that emission of sound...
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    along the coast with speeds of 5 to 8 m/s. The pulses are similar to a Kelvin wave, except on a scale of 30 to 60 km instead of 1000 km, and can propagate...
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    interaction of a tropical wave, disturbance within the Intertropical Convergence Zone, and convectively-coupled kelvin wave led to the formation of a...
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    hit the coast of Sumatra and reflect back as Rossby waves and coastal Kelvin waves. These Kelvin waves are guided along the eastern boundary of Indian Ocean...
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  • Dispersion Edge wave Equatorial waves Fetch Gravity wave Green's law Infragravity wave Internal wave Iribarren number Kelvin wave Kinematic wave Longshore drift...
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    Wake (physics) (redirect from Kelvin wake)
    produce a wake pattern, first explained mathematically by Lord Kelvin and known today as the Kelvin wake pattern. This pattern consists of two wake lines that...
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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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  • speed of an equatorial Kelvin wave ( c 2 = g H {\displaystyle c^{2}=gH} ). Their frequencies are much lower than that of gravity waves and represent motion...
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    mixed Rossby-gravity and Kelvin waves can also be observed. Atmospheric thermodynamics Longuet-Higgins, M.S. (1964). "Planetary Waves on a Rotating Sphere"...
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    winds can create downwelling Kelvin waves, which propagate along the equator in the eastern Pacific.  Series of Kelvin waves associated with anomalously...
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    Central Pacific, as a tropical storm. The passage of an eastward-moving kelvin wave generated a broad area of low pressure within the Intertropical Convergence...
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    photographed by NASA. The Kelvin tide of the Atlantic Ocean is a semidiurnal wave that travels northward. Some of the energy from this wave travels through the...
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  • super-rotation, the role of atmospheric waves and instabilities is crucial. These dynamics, including Rossby waves and Kelvin waves, are integral in transferring...
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    (supersonic). Kelvin wake pattern Shock wave Bow shock (aerodynamics) Bulbous bow Dictionary. "Bow Wave". Dictionary.com. Retrieved 3 December 2011. Bow waves - Feynman...
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    The wave base, in physical oceanography, is the maximum depth at which a water wave's passage causes significant water motion. At water depths deeper...
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    tropical 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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  • 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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