Open AccessWhat Makes the Biggest Cycle in Tropical Weather Tick?
Author(s) -
Mark von Zastrow
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2017eo075745
Subject(s) - climatology , tick , meteorology , tropical cyclone , geography , environmental science , biology , ecology , geology
The Madden-Julian Oscillation drives storms across the Indian and Pacific oceans every 30 to 60 days. New research suggests that clouds absorbing and reemitting radiative energy play a key role.