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MJO References
  • Madden, R. A., and P. R. Julian (1971), Detection of a 40-50 day oscillation in the zonal wind in the tropical Pacific, J. Atmos. Sci., 28, 702-708.

Working Group Publications

  • CLIVAR Madden-Julian Oscillation Working Group, 2009: MJO Simulation Diagnostics. J. Climate, 22, 3006-3030.
  • Kim D, Sperber K, Stern W, Waliser D, Kang I, Maloney E, Wang W, Weickmann K, Benedict J,Khairoutdinov M (2009) Application of MJO Simulation Diagnostics to Climate Models. Journal of Climate 22(23): 6413
  • Sperber, K R and D E Waliser, 2008: New approaches to understanding, simulating, and forecasting the Madden-Julian Oscillation. Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc. 89, 1917-1920.
  • Waliser, D E and K R Sperber, 2006: U.S. CLIVAR Madden-Julian Oscillation Working Group (MJOWG). CLIVAR Exchanges No 38, page 7. (Unpublished manuscript).
  • Waliser, D E and K R Sperber, 2006: U.S. CLIVAR Madden-Julian Oscillation Working Group (MJOWG) Meeting Report. U.S. CLIVAR Variations, Vol. 4, No. 3, page 6-7. (unpublished manuscript)

Reviews

  • Madden, R. A., and P. R. Julian (1994), Observations of the 40-50-Day Tropical Oscillation - a Review, Monthly Weather Review, 122, 814-837.
  • Lau, W. K. M., and D. E. Waliser (Eds.) (2005), Intraseasonal Variability of the Atmosphere-Ocean Climate System, 474 pp., Springer, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • Zhang, C. (2005), The Madden Julian Oscillation, Reviews of Geophysics, 43, RG2003, doi:10.1029/2004RG000158.
  • Waliser, D. E. (2006), Intraseasonal Variability, in The Asian Monsoon, edited by B. Wang, p. 844 Springer, Heidelberg, Germany.

Multi-Model Analyses

  • Slingo, J. M., et al. (1996), Intraseasonal oscillations in 15 atmospheric general circulation models: Results from an AMIP diagnostic subproject, Clim. Dyn., 12, 325-357.
  • Sperber, K. R., et al. (2000), Predictability and the relationship between subseasonal and interannual variability during the Asian summer monsoon, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 126, 2545-2574.
  • Waliser, D. E., et al. (2003), AGCM simulations of intraseasonal variability associated with the Asian summer monsoon, Clim. Dyn., 21, 423-446.
  • Lin, J. L., et al. (2006), Tropical intraseasonal variability in 14 IPCC AR4 climate models. Part I: Convective signals., J. Climate, In Press.
  • Zhang, C, M. Dong, H. H. Hendon, E. D. Maloney, A. Marshall, K. R. Sperber, and W. Wang, 2005: Simulations of the Madden-Julian Oscillation in Four Pairs of Coupled and Uncoupled Global Models. Climate Dynamics, DOI: 10.1007/s00382-006-0148-2.

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Announcements

2010 Workshop on Evaluation of ReanalysesNovember 1-3, Baltimore, Maryland

First Circular Announcement for WCRP Open Science Conference October 2011

Postdocs Applying Climate Expertise(PACE) seeking Organizational Partners

PSMI Publication on Best Practices for Process Studies released and has reached #6 on AMS most viewed list. (BAMS, July 2009)

 

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Science Tidbits    

August 2010 - El Nino has grown more intense and shifted westward in last three decades, data show

New Western Boundary Current paper published - Role of Gulf Stream, Kuroshio-Oyashio and Their Extensions in Large-Scale Atmosphere-Ocean Interaction : A Review, J. Climate, 15 June 2010, Vol. 23, pp 3249-3281April 2010 - Surface Fluxes: Challenges for High Latitudes - presentations posted

 

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