Moisture mode theory's contribution to advances in our understanding of the Madden-Julian oscillation and other tropical disturbances

AF Adames, ED Maloney - Current Climate Change Reports, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Our understanding of the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) and
other tropical motion systems has significantly improved in recent years. This article reviews …

[HTML][HTML] Quasi-equilibrium and weak temperature gradient balances in an equatorial beta-plane model

F Ahmed, JD Neelin… - Journal of the Atmospheric …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
Convective quasi-equilibrium (QE) and weak temperature gradient (WTG) balances are
frequently employed to study the tropical atmosphere. This study uses linearized equatorial …

Intercomparison of MJO column moist static energy and water vapor budget among six modern reanalysis products

P Ren, D Kim, MS Ahn, D Kang, HL Ren - Journal of Climate, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
This study conducts an intercomparison of the column-integrated moist static energy (MSE)
and water vapor budget of the Madden–Julian oscillation (MJO) among six modern global …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence that horizontal moisture advection regulates the ubiquitous amplification of rainfall variability over tropical oceans

K Inoue, M Biasutti, AM Fridlind - Journal of the Atmospheric …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
The column moist static energy (MSE) budget equation approximates the processes
associated with column moistening and drying in the tropics, and is therefore predictive of …

[HTML][HTML] Enhanced feedback between shallow convection and low-level moisture convergence leads to improved simulation of MJO eastward propagation

Y Liu, ZM Tan, Z Wu - Journal of Climate, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
Recent study indicates that the non-instantaneous interaction of convection and circulation
is essential for evolution of large-scale convective systems. It is incorporated into cumulus …

The impact of mean-state moisture biases on MJO skill in the Navy ESPC

SS Rushley, MA Janiga, JA Ridout… - Monthly Weather …, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract The Madden–Julian oscillation (MJO) is a key source of predictability in the
subseasonal time scale (weeks to months) and influences a wide range of weather and …

Noninstantaneous wave-CISK for the interaction between convective heating and low-level moisture convergence in the tropics

Y Liu, ZM Tan, Z Wu - Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
The interaction between tropical convective heating and thermally forced circulation is
investigated using a global dry primitive-equation model with the parameterization of wave …

Evidence that horizontal moisture advection regulates the ubiquitous

K Inoue, M Biasutti, AM Fridlind - journals.ametsoc.org
The column moist static energy (MSE) budget equation approximates the processes
associated with column moistening and drying in the tropics, and is therefore predictive of …