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The colorbar is in meters per second. The horizontal level is the terrain-following sigma level 0.154 and 0.206 which is on average near 156 hPa and 209 hPa respectively.
The full dataset of daily Kelvin waves on 43 terrain-following levels from 1 January 1980 until 31 December 2019 can be made available.
Reference: ´agar, N., F. Lunkeit, F. Sielmann, and W. Xiao, 2022: Three-dimensional structure of the equatorial Kelvin wave: vertical structure functions, equivalent depths, and frequency and wavenumber spectra. Journal of Climate, 35, 7, 2209-2230. DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0342.1
Hovmoeller diagrams
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Kelvin waves zonal winds in ERA5 near 156 hPa and 209 hPa
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Mixed Rossby-gravity waves meridional winds in ERA5
Movies
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A season in life of the polar vortex: 1 Dec 2022 - mid March 2023 balanced winds at 10 hPa level
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A season in life of the polar vortex: 1 Dec 2021 - 31 March 2022 balanced winds at 10 hPa level
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Low-frequency variability of the equatorial Kelvin waves
Equatorial Kelvin waves in ERA5 reanalyses
Kelvin waves zonal winds in ERA5
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The full dataset of daily Kelvin waves on 43 terrain-following levels from 1 January 1980 until 31 December 2019 can be made available.
Reference: ´agar, N., F. Lunkeit, F. Sielmann, and W. Xiao, 2022: Three-dimensional structure of the equatorial Kelvin wave: vertical structure functions, equivalent depths, and frequency and wavenumber spectra. Journal of Climate, 35, 7, 2209-2230. DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0342.1
Mixed Rossby-gravity waves meridional winds in ERA5
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The colorbar is in meters per second. The horizontal level is the terrain-following sigma level 0.206 which is on average near 209 hPa.
The full dataset of daily Kelvin waves on 43 terrain-following levels from 1 January 1980 until 31 December 2019 can be made available.
Reference: ´agar, N., F. Lunkeit, F. Sielmann, and W. Xiao, 2022: Three-dimensional structure of the equatorial Kelvin wave: vertical structure functions, equivalent depths, and frequency and wavenumber spectra. Journal of Climate, 35, 7, 2209-2230. DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0342.1
