Tropical Waves: How They Set the Pace of Rain and Hurricanes

Not all waves are in the ocean. There are air waves and energy waves. Atmospheric waves that dictate the rhythm of rain and tropical cyclones across the tropics. On the scale of days to months, cloudiness and tropical rain are dominated by atmospheric waves. What if we think of the ocean? A beach, the water that touches the shore, sound, and, above all, movement. Waves. Waves that sweep everything in their path away to turn it into foam at your …