Supercomputer makes it possible to predict the evolution of the large-scale atmospheric circulation of tropical storms
Friday, July 25, 2014 - 08:01
in Earth & Climate
To accurately predict weather and climate, scientists need to simulate the large-scale patterns that exist in global atmospheric circulation. One of the largest circulation patterns, the Madden–Julian Oscillation (MJO), is associated with heavy rainfall and drought across the tropics. Due to the sheer size and complexity of the MJO, however, researchers have so far struggled to perform sufficiently detailed simulations over a broad enough area to accurately predict this oscillation.