A091
The Madden-Julian Oscillation and Convectively Coupled Waves in the Tropics: Observations, Theory, Modeling, and Prediction
The Madden-Julian Oscillation and Convectively Coupled Waves in the Tropics: Observations, Theory, Modeling, and Prediction
Session ID#: 158853
Session Description:
The Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) and convectively coupled tropical waves (CCTWs) serve as the dominant source of Earth system predictability on the subseasonal time scale and are a known driver of high-impact weather events across the globe.
Despite notable progress in recent decades, many fundamental questions about the MJO and CCTWs remain unanswered, and they are poorly represented in many Earth system and weather prediction models.
We solicit presentations of observational, theoretical, modeling, and predictability studies that target process-level understanding of the MJO and CCTWs and enhanced representation of them in weather and climate models. Specific topics of interest include but are not limited to:
- New observations of key processes;
- Interactions with the Maritime Continent landmasses, the ocean, and the stratosphere;
- Data-driven (AI/ML) mechanism studies and model development efforts;
- Development of hierarchical modeling frameworks and process-oriented diagnostics/metrics; and
- Prediction skill and predictability assessment in dynamical and ML models.
Index Terms:
3371 Tropical convection [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
3373 Tropical dynamics [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
3374 Tropical meteorology [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
Primary Convener: Daehyun Kim, University of Washington Seattle Campus, Seattle, WA, United States
Conveners: Charlotte A DeMott, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States, Tamaki Suematsu, RIKEN Center for Computational Science, Kobe, Japan and Ángel Francisco Adames-Corraliza, University of Wisconsin Madison, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Madison, WI, United States
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