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Philander 1978
Philander, S.G.H. (1978). Instabilities of zonal equatorial currents, 2. Journal of Geophysical Research 83: doi: 10.1029/JC083iC07p03679. issn: 0148-0227.

A stability analysis of a realistic meridional profile of the surface currents in the equatorial Atlantic and Pacific oceans reveals that the most unstable waves are westward propagating and have a period of about 1 month, a wavelength approximately 1100 km, and an e folding time near 2 weeks. This is proposed as an explanation for waves with these scales that have recently been observed in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

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