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In this chapter, free waves in a shallow water model system at the equatorial plane are first described, followed by a discussion of vertical mode separation. Then a number of simple or intermediate tropical atmospheric and oceanic models including the Gill model, the Lindzen–Nigam model, and the Cane–Zebiak model are introduced. These dynamic frameworks will be used in the subsequent chapters for theoretical and physical investigations.
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Li, T., Hsu, Pc. (2018). Simple Dynamic Frameworks for Tropical Atmosphere and Ocean. In: Fundamentals of Tropical Climate Dynamics. Springer Atmospheric Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59597-9_1
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