Better prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) can lead to better prediction in related meteorological variables, such as precipitation. However, the relationship between MJO skill and the predictive potential for meteorological variables is complex, as this Climate Variability & Predictability (CVP)-supported study shows.

The large-scale summertime wave pattern over the western North Pacific has increased in intensity since 1950, according to researchers supported by CPO’s Climate Variability and Predictability (CVP) program using NCEP-NCAR reanalysis data. 

A study funded by the Climate Variability & Predictability (CVP) program, published in Nature Scientific Reports, is one of the first to focus on the cumulative effect of small-scale vortices on large-scale transport and distribution of heat, nutrients, and dissolved gases in the ocean.

Researchers funded by CPO’s Climate Variability & Predictability (CVP) program have developed a new statistical approach that simplifies detecting and describing differences in climate model outputs.

Research funded by the Climate Variability & Predictability (CVP) program (i) reveals the physical processes that contribute to tropical cyclones’ larger average size in the western North Pacific vs. the North Atlantic and (ii) simulates Hurricane Irene to study the ocean surface boundary layer underneath the storm.