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Atmospheric tides are global-scale periodic oscillations of the atmosphere. In many ways they are analogous to ocean tides. They can be excited by:
- The regular day-night cycle in the Sun's heating of the atmosphere (insolation)
- The gravitational field pull of the Moon
- Non-linear interactions between tides and planetary waves
- Large-scale latent heat release due to deep convection in the tropics