Kelvin wave

English Etymology en Lord Kelvin =, the discoverer (1879). Noun en meteorology oceanography A non-dispersive wave in the ocean or atmosphere that balances the Earth's Coriolis force against a topographic boundary such as a coastline, or a waveguide such as the equator. en https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-quantum-physics-describes-earths-weather-patterns-20230718/ Katie McCormick How Quantum Physics Describes Earth’s Weather Patterns Quanta Magazine 2023-07-18 Geophysicists have leaned on a mathematical explanation for equatorial Kelvin waves since the 1960s, but for some, that explanation wasn’t entirely satisfying. https://web.archive.org/web/20260918064942/https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-quantum-physics-describes-earths-weather-patterns-20230718/ 18 September 2026 A long-scale perturbation mode of a vortex in superfluid dynamics. Hypernyms en wave Further reading