Kelvin wave

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A Kelvin wave is a wave in the ocean, a large lake or the atmosphere that balances the Earth's Coriolis force against a topographic boundary such as a coastline (a coastal Kelvin wave), or a waveguide like the equator (an equatorial Kelvin wave).

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