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Goswami & Goswami 1992
Goswami, B.N. and Goswami, P. (1992). Mechanisms of some tropical intraseasonal oscillations. Geophysical Research Letters 19: doi: 10.1029/92GL00488. issn: 0094-8276.

A underlying mechanism for two westward propagating tropical intraseasonal oscillations is discovered. Destabilization of equatorial normal modes by moist feedbacks, in particular, by evaporation-wind feedback, is responsible for both of them. The westward propagating 4-5 day oscillation and the quasi-biweekly oscillation result from destabilization of the mixed Rossby gravity (MRG) wave by the evaporation-wind feedback. The frequency and scale-selection of the unstable MRG wave depend critically on the background mean wind. In mean easterlies (as in the Pacific and the Atlantic), it results in the 4-5 day oscillation while in mean westerlies (as in the Indian Ocean during northern summer) it results in the quasi-biweekly mode. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1992

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Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Tropical meteorology, Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Waves and tides, Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Synoptic-scale meteorology, Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Convective processes
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Geophysical Research Letters
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