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Tropical instability waves
Tropical instability waves, often abbreviated TIW, are a phenomenon in which the interface between areas of warm and cold sea surface temperatures near the equator form a regular pattern of westward-propagating waves. These waves are often present in the Atlantic Ocean, extending westward from the African coast, but are more easily recognizable in the Pacific, extending westward from South America. They have an average period of about 30 days and wavelength of about 1100 kilometers, and are largest in amplitude between June and November. They are also largest during La Niña conditions, and may disappear when strong El Niño conditions are present.〔
Tropical instability waves are not related to tropical waves, which are atmospheric disturbances that propagate westward along the Intertropical Convergence Zone, sometimes giving rise to tropical storms.
==Background==
In both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, a tongue of cold surface water usually extends westward along the equator from the continental margins. These "cold tongues" consist of water upwelling from the ocean depths, and are surrounded by warmer surface water in both hemispheres. The temperature difference between the cold tongues and the surrounding warm water is largest during the southern hemisphere winter. The Pacific cold tongue is considerably stronger than the Atlantic one, and has a major influence on global climate patterns. In fact, the temperature of the Pacific cold tongue is the defining feature of the ENSO (El Niño-Southern Oscillation). An El Niño condition is officially recognized when the mean sea surface temperature in the Pacific cold tongue is more than 0.5 °C above average for a given time of year, whereas a La Niña condition is recognized when the temperatures are more than 0.5 °C below average.
Frequently the cold tongues do not extend in a straight line, but instead deflect to the north and south in a pattern of regular sinusoidal waves with a wavelength of about 1100 kilometers, which propagate steadily westward with a period of about 30 days. This wave pattern was first recognized in 1977 using satellite images, by R. Legeckis, who called them "long waves". The term "tropical instability waves" is attributed to a 1986 paper by S. G. H. Philander, W. J. Hurlin, and R. C. Pacanowski, who explained the existence and basic properties of the waves using a mathematical model of ocean heat flow.
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