Introduction â The MJO
Introduction â The MJO
Introduction â The MJO
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Background & Motivation 1: Impacts<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>MJO</strong> strongly influences...<br />
• Regional and global weather and climate patterns:<br />
• Asian, Australian monsoons<br />
• ENSO<br />
• Teleconnections - midlatitude weather, tropical cyclone distribution/frequency,<br />
polar oscillations<br />
• Earth’s rotation rate<br />
(length of day)<br />
Arctic Oscillation<br />
Rossby wave trains<br />
Asian Monsoon<br />
• Atmospheric and oceanic<br />
chemistry:<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>MJO</strong><br />
Slow moist Kelvin-Rossby wave<br />
Australian Monsoon<br />
(in northern summer)<br />
(ENSO)<br />
Fast dry Kelvin Wave<br />
• Ozone<br />
• Aerosols<br />
Rossby wave trains<br />
Antarctic Oscillation<br />
• Chlorophyll<br />
Tropical Cyclone<br />
Storm<br />
Courtesy: Kate Thayer-Calder, adapted from Lin et al. 2006
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