Heat's role in the Madden-Julian Oscillation
Friday, April 10, 2015 - 11:00
in Earth & Climate
Tropical monsoons in Indonesia and floods in the United States are both provoked by the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO), yet, despite its importance, global models often struggle to simulate it accurately. Scientists showed that MJO simulations are most sensitive to lower level heating in the atmosphere.