Open AccessMadden‐Julian Oscillation modeled using new cloud parameterization
Author(s) -
Schultz Colin
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1002/2014eo150010
Subject(s) - madden–julian oscillation , climatology , oscillation (cell signaling) , precipitation , indian ocean , environmental science , series (stratigraphy) , meteorology , atmospheric sciences , geology , geography , oceanography , convection , paleontology , biology , genetics
Centered on the tropical Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean, the Madden‐Julian Oscillation (MJO) is a major atmospheric system that has a strong effect on global weather systems, affecting everything from the rains in Australia to the temperature in the eastern United States. The Madden‐Julian Oscillation is variable, its activity ebbing and flowing on intraseasonal time scales. The MJO presents as a series of events that include eastward propagating systems of elevated wind and precipitation that push out from the Indian Ocean.