| 单词 | kelvin wave |
| 释义 | > as lemmasKelvin wave Kelvin wave n. a type of long, non-dispersive gravity wave in the ocean or atmosphere which is trapped against a physical boundary such as a coastline or mountain range; spec. such a wave forced to travel along the equator by forces resulting from the rotation of the earth.As a result of the earth's Coriolis force, Kelvin waves travel anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern hemisphere. Equatorial Kelvin waves only flow eastwards and are associated with the onset of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation.extracted from Kelvinn.adj.< as lemmas |
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