MJO Initiation in the Real-Time Multivariate MJO Index
MJO Initiation in the Real-Time Multivariate MJO Index
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DOI:
10.1175/jcli-d-12-00074.1
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发表时间:
2013-02
影响因子:
4.9
通讯作者:
K. Straub
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作者:
K. Straub
AbstractMadden–Julian oscillation (MJO) initiation in the real-time multivariate MJO (RMM) index is explored through an analysis of observed case studies and composite events. Specific examples illustrate that both the dates of MJO initiation and the existence of the MJO itself can vary substantially among several well-known MJO indices, depending on whether the focus is on convection or circulation. Composites of “primary” MJO initiation events in which the RMM index rapidly increases in amplitude from a non-MJO state to an MJO state are presented and are supplemented by two case studies from the 1985/86 winter season. Results illustrate that, for primary MJO initiation events in the Indian Ocean (RMM phase 1), slowly eastward-propagating 850-hPa (200 hPa) easterly (westerly) anomalies over the Indian Ocean precede the amplification of the RMM index by at least 10 days, while suppressed convection over the western Pacific Ocean precedes the amplification by 5 days. These “local” Eastern Hemispheric prede...