Article: Westerly Wind Bursts and Their Relationship with Intraseasonal Variations and ENSO. Part II: Energetics over the Western and Central Pacific

Article: Seasonal Dependence of the MJO-ENSO Relationship
Journal of Climate;  February 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... relationship between MJO activity and the El Nio-Southern Oscillation ... results demonstrate that MJO activity in late boreal spring leads El Nio in the subsequent autumn ... et al. 2005). The MJO is thought to promote El Nio because its eastward ...

Article: The Experimental MJO Prediction Project
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society;  April 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... The focus is on the MJO because it represents ... frequency phenomenon. MJO's importance among the ... very similar to that of El Nio-Southern Oscillation ... predominant location of MJO activity which has been shown to be influenced by El Nio and La Nia SST anomalies ...

Article: MJO Simulation Diagnostics
Journal of Climate;  June 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... monsoon are closely related to MJO activity (e.g., Yasunari ... understanding and ability to predict the MJO and the Asian-Australian monsoon ... 2004). Eastward-propagating MJO convective activity can at times ... modulate the timing and evolution of El Nio because of its close connection ...

Article: Characteristics of Stochastic Variability Associated with ENSO ...
Journal of Climate;  June 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... important because the MJO generates oceanic ... feed back onto the El Nio-Southern Oscillation ... 10 months prior to El Nio, which is mostly ... behavior of the MJO. This low-frequency ... explains why observed El Nio variability is recovered ...

Article: Meridional Momentum Flux and Superrotation in the Multiscale ...
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences;  May 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Madden-Julian oscillation (MJO) after its discoverers (Madden ... In the troposphere, the MJO is an equatorial planetary ... anomalies associated with the MJO significantly affect monsoon ... impact the development of the El Nio-Southern Oscillation (ENSO ...

Article: MJO-related SST variations over the Tropical Eastern ...
Journal of Climate;  March 15, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... ABSTRACT The Madden-Julian oscillation (MJO) significantly modulates eastern tropical ... summer. Typical SST variations during an MJO life cycle are 0.4deg-0.5 deg C ... comparable to those associated with west Pacific MJO variability during NH winter. SST anomalies ...

Article: MJO and Tropical Cyclogenesis in the Gulf of Mexico and ...
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences;  August 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... role of the Madden-Julian oscillation (MJO) in modulating the frequency and location ... During the nonconvective phase of the MJO, convection and low-level cyclonic vorticity ... During the nonconvective phase of the MJO, vertical shear was relatively weaker but ...