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Models for Tropical Climate Dynamics pp 75–98Cite as

Simple Models for Moist Gravity Waves

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This chapter introduces the reader to basic simple ideas for convectively coupled wave models mostly in order to put the multicloud model, which will be discussed in Chapter 6, in the context of preceding theories. It explores some of the ideas that have been proposed in the literature and their main characteristics and pitfalls using simplistic models.

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Khouider, B. (2019). Simple Models for Moist Gravity Waves. In: Models for Tropical Climate Dynamics. Mathematics of Planet Earth, vol 3. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17775-1_5

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