Hayashi, Y., 1974: Spectral analysis of tropical disturbances appearing in a GFDL general circulation model. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 31 (1), 180-218.
Abstract: A space-time cross spectrum analysis is applied to the 11-layer, 2.4 degree
mesh GFDL general circulation model with seasonal variation, extending the
work of Manabe, et al. A statistical study is made of the model's tropical
disturbances during the period July through October with respect to their
wave characteristics, three-dimensional structure, energetics, and their
role in the general circulation.
Four types of equatorial traveling waves are isolated from stationary waves
and ultra-long waves extending from middle latitudes. They are identifiable
with observed mixed Rossby-gravity waves (Yanai waves), Kelvin waves, equatorial
Rossby-type waves, and easterly waves.
All these traveling waves are maintained primarily by the conversion of
available potential energy generated by condensational heating. This heat
is associated with traveling rainfall disturbances localized, in particular,
in the western Pacific of the northern summer hemisphere where the sea surface
is relatively warm.