English Explanatory Dictionary

Madden-Julian oscillation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. The largest element of the intraseasonal variability in the tropical atmosphere: a large-scale coupling between atmospheric circulation and tropical deep convection, manifesting itself most clearly as anomalous rainfall.

Word forms

Madden-Julian oscillation the Madden-Julian oscillation

Etymology

Discovered in 1971 by Roland Madden and Paul Julian of the American National Center for Atmospheric Research.

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