Talk:Tropical wave

Merge from easterly wave
Since apparently they are two different names for the same thing, they should probably be merged into one article, preferably "tropical wave" since I think that's the more commonly-heard term. --AySz88 ^ -  ^  17:42, 26 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Agreed, yes for merge. Hurricanehink 15:10, 4,December,2005 (UTC)
 * Sure -- the term sure seems confusing anyway; an "easterly wave" sounds like it going easterly, but I guess could be riding (easterly) trade winds westward. DavidH 12:40, 4 February 2006 (UTC)


 * I believe that the word "easterly" in this context refers to the direction in which the wave is coming from. For example, north winds are blowing from the north. Begreen 00:28, 8 February 2006 (UTC)


 * E.g., a nor'easter. Agreed with the merge.


 * Tropical (sometimes called African) waves are a special type of easterly wave. The tail end of old frontal zones and shearlines can also become easterly waves, but they are not referred to as tropical waves.  TPC definitely forces a distinction between these two terms, and thus, so does HPC.  Thegreatdr 20:07, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Objective definition?
Should there be a bit about the fact that tropical waves do not have a quantitative definition? According to Chris Thorncroft and Kevin Hodges in their article "African Easterly Wave Variability and Its Relationship to Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Activity" (Journal of Climate, Volume 14, pp. 1166 to 1179, 15 March 2001), several studies have used different techniques to identify an African Easterly Wave (tropical wave).

By the way, I am new to contributing to Wikipedia, and hope that my possible mistakes (in terms of syntax for citation) are not taken too harshly. I didn't provide a link to the Thorncroft and Hodges paper because I don't have one... got the information from a print source. Thanks!

16:37, 16 January 2006 (UTC)Benjamin Green


 * Hi, welcome to Wikipedia! You don't have to provide a link, just enough information for others to find the same books and articles you're looking at.  Also, the abstract of your article is indeed online, so we can link to that abstract so people can easily find it.
 * That seems to be a good thing to include, though maybe the attempts to define an easterly wave should be discussed.
 * Don't worry, if anyone gives you a hard time, tell me or an administrator on their talk pages since we have a rule about treating newbies badly. Thanks for trying out Wikipedia!
 * --AySz88 ^ -  ^  20:21, 16 January 2006 (UTC)


 * I just found an online copy of your article too, so that's even better. :) --AySz88 ^ -  ^  20:37, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Something to consider...
If the hurricane template covers articles for WikiProject Tropical Cyclones, shouldn't this have meteorology instead, since waves are technically not cyclones? Sorry, just playing devils advocate with technicalities...-Runningonbrains 12:00, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

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