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    Introduction Kelvin waves are a type of wave in fluids that are confined to the boundary of the fluid, such as a coastline or the equator of the Earth’s atmosphere or oceans. They are named after the physicist William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, who first described these waves in 1879. The Basics of Waves In…