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5 This paper studies the significance of MJO convection asymmetry through composites 6 of kinematic and thermodynamic fields associated with predominantly symmetric and pre7 dominantly antisymmetric MJO convection using ECMWF Interim Reanalysis. The MJO 8 events were identified based on the primary MJO modes extracted from the IR brightness 9 temperature in Part I of this work. The predominantl...

This study investigates 1) the eastward propagation of the Madden–Julian oscillation (MJO) and global occurrences of extreme precipitation, 2) the degree to which a general circulation model with a relatively realistic representation of the MJO simulates its influence on extremes, and 3) a possible modulation of the MJO on potential predictability of extreme precipitation events. The observatio...

The boreal winter response of the ocean mixed layer to the Madden–Julian oscillation (MJO) in the IndoPacific region is determined using in situ observations from the Argo profiling float dataset. Composite averages over numerous events reveal that the MJO forces systematic variations in mixed layer depth and temperature throughout the domain. Strong MJO mixed layer depth anomalies (.15 m peak ...

The Madden–Julian oscillation (MJO) is analyzed using the reanalysis zonal wind– and satellite outgoing longwave radiation–based indices of Wheeler and Hendon for the 1974–2005 period. The average lifetime of the MJO events varies with season (36 days for events whose central date occurs in December, and 48 days for events in September). The lifetime of the MJO in the equinoctial seasons (March...

Whether there is an independent component of MJO associated with El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is investigated using Xie-Arkin precipitation and NCEP reanalysis pentad data. The analysis tool employed here is the cyclostationary empirical orthogonal function (CSEOF) technique. As a result of the analysis, the evolution of the precipitation pattern for the Asian-Pacific domain is found to ...

High-resolution simulations over a large tropical domain (;208S–208N, 428E–1808) using both explicit and parameterized convection are analyzed and compared to observations during a 10-day case study of an active Madden–Julian oscillation (MJO) event. The parameterized convection model simulations at both 40and 12-km grid spacing have a very weak MJO signal and little eastward propagation. A 4-k...

The role of air–sea coupling in the simulation of the Madden–Julian oscillation (MJO) is explored using two configurations of the Hadley Centre atmospheric model (AGCM), GA3.0, which differ only in F, a parameter controlling convective entrainment and detrainment. Increasing F considerably improves deficient MJO-like variability in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, but variability in and propagati...

The Madden-Julian oscillation (MJO, Madden and Julian, 1971, 1972) is a dominant feature of intraseasonal (20-90 day) variability in the tropics. According to the classic view, the MJO begins as a positive convective anomaly in the equatorial western Indian Ocean. It then propagates eastward toward the maritime continent where convection weakens until the MJO reaches the west Pacific where the ...