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Tropical Planetary Waves

Tropical Planetary Waves is a large-scale atmospheric wave phenomenon in the tropical troposphere characterized by eastward- or westward-propagating oscillations in wind, pressure, and geopotential height that arise from the meridional gradient of the Coriolis parameter and are modulated by convective heating, distinguishing it from mid-latitude planetary waves and other tropical disturbances through its zonal wavenumber structure and association with the equatorial beta plane dynamics.

174

Publications

14.7K

Citations

460

Authors

205

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

27

Variants

Equatorial Planetary Waves

Parents

Publications

174

Some simple solutions for heat‐induced tropical circulation

A. E. Gill · Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society · 1980 · 4.3K citations

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Impacts of the Tropical Western Pacific on the East Asian Summer Monsoon

Ronghui Huang, Fengying Sun · Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II · 1992 · 557 citations · Full text

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Convective Inhibition, Subgrid-Scale Triggering Energy, and Stratiform Instability in a Toy Tropical Wave Model

Brian Mapes · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences · 2000 · 394 citations

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The mesoscale convection life cycle: Building block or prototype for large-scale tropical waves?

Brian Mapes, Stefan N. Tulich, Jialin Lin et al. · Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans · 2006 · 364 citations

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Observational Evidence of Kelvin Waves in the Tropical Stratosphere

John M. Wallace, Vernon E. Kousky · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences · 1968 · 362 citations

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Authors

460

  1. JM
    John M. Wallace

    University of Washington, United States

    6 publications · 826 citations

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  2. RR
    Rolando R. García

    NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, United States

    5 publications · 576 citations

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  3. WC
    Wen Chen

    Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

    4 publications · 180 citations

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  4. BM
    Brian Mapes

    University of Miami, United States

    4 publications · 861 citations

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  5. KK
    Karanam Kishore Kumar

    Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, India

    4 publications · 97 citations

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Institutions

205

  1. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    12 h-index

    21 publications

    2.6K citations

  2. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

    Boulder, United States

    12 h-index

    20 publications

    1.1K citations

  3. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    10 h-index

    20 publications

    1.8K citations

  4. Institute of Atmospheric Physics

    Beijing, China

    8 h-index

    17 publications

    1.7K citations

  5. Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, United States

    8 h-index

    15 publications

    656 citations

  6. Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

    Yokosuka, Japan

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    477 citations

  7. Northwest Research Associates

    Redmond, United States

    7 h-index

    12 publications

    527 citations

  8. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    288 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

    39 publications · 3.3K citations

    26

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  2. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 15 publications · 781 citations

    15

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  3. Journal of Climate

    12 publications · 982 citations

    12

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  4. 11

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  5. Geophysical Research Letters

    10 publications · 313 citations

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