Distinct Intraseasonal Oscillation Modes Over the Tropical Indo‐Pacific Oceans

Abstract In boreal winter, the Madden‐Julian Oscillation (MJO) is the dominant mode of tropical intraseasonal oscillation (ISO), which bridges weather and climate. In addition to the dominant eastward propagating MJO mode, this study identifies the existence of the westward propagating and stationar...

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Main Authors: Yiran Li, Haibo Hu, Fei Liu, Matthew Patterson, Xiu‐Qun Yang, Kecheng Lu, Kefeng Mao, Ziyi Wang, Rongrong Wang
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Published: Wiley 2025-05-01
Series:Geophysical Research Letters
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL113263
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Haibo Hu
Fei Liu
Matthew Patterson
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Kecheng Lu
Kefeng Mao
Ziyi Wang
Rongrong Wang
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description Abstract In boreal winter, the Madden‐Julian Oscillation (MJO) is the dominant mode of tropical intraseasonal oscillation (ISO), which bridges weather and climate. In addition to the dominant eastward propagating MJO mode, this study identifies the existence of the westward propagating and stationary oscillating ISO modes according to the spatio‐temporal evolution of large‐scale precipitation. At the pentad timescale, each ISO mode tends to suppress the occurrence of the other two. The diagnostic of column‐integrated moist static energy (MSE) tendency anomalies reveals the dominant contribution from horizontal MSE advection to each ISO mode. Synthesis results indicate that vertical zonal wind shear anomalies exhibit opposite distributions between the propagating and stationary oscillating ISO events over the tropical Indo‐Pacific Oceans. Subsequent simulations prove that the easterly (westerly) wind shear anomalies could suppress the eastward (westward) propagating convection of the ISO, thus favoring a stationary oscillating ISO.
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spelling doaj-art-43da925e492d444686e8d7a79b15c8212025-08-20T03:21:32ZengWileyGeophysical Research Letters0094-82761944-80072025-05-01529n/an/a10.1029/2024GL113263Distinct Intraseasonal Oscillation Modes Over the Tropical Indo‐Pacific OceansYiran Li0Haibo Hu1Fei Liu2Matthew Patterson3Xiu‐Qun Yang4Kecheng Lu5Kefeng Mao6Ziyi Wang7Rongrong Wang8CMA Key Laboratory for Climate Prediction Studies School of Atmospheric Sciences Nanjing University Nanjing ChinaCMA Key Laboratory for Climate Prediction Studies School of Atmospheric Sciences Nanjing University Nanjing ChinaKey Laboratory of Tropical Atmosphere‐Ocean System Ministry of Education, and Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory School of Atmospheric Sciences Sun Yat‐Sen University Zhuhai ChinaSchool of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and School of Mathematics and Statistics University of St Andrews St Andrews UKCMA Key Laboratory for Climate Prediction Studies School of Atmospheric Sciences Nanjing University Nanjing ChinaCMA Key Laboratory for Climate Prediction Studies School of Atmospheric Sciences Nanjing University Nanjing ChinaCollege of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies National University of Defense Technology Changsha ChinaFlight Test Center of the Commercial Aircraft Corporation Shanghai ChinaGuizhou Power Dispatching Center Guiyang ChinaAbstract In boreal winter, the Madden‐Julian Oscillation (MJO) is the dominant mode of tropical intraseasonal oscillation (ISO), which bridges weather and climate. In addition to the dominant eastward propagating MJO mode, this study identifies the existence of the westward propagating and stationary oscillating ISO modes according to the spatio‐temporal evolution of large‐scale precipitation. At the pentad timescale, each ISO mode tends to suppress the occurrence of the other two. The diagnostic of column‐integrated moist static energy (MSE) tendency anomalies reveals the dominant contribution from horizontal MSE advection to each ISO mode. Synthesis results indicate that vertical zonal wind shear anomalies exhibit opposite distributions between the propagating and stationary oscillating ISO events over the tropical Indo‐Pacific Oceans. Subsequent simulations prove that the easterly (westerly) wind shear anomalies could suppress the eastward (westward) propagating convection of the ISO, thus favoring a stationary oscillating ISO.https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL113263
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Fei Liu
Matthew Patterson
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Kecheng Lu
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Distinct Intraseasonal Oscillation Modes Over the Tropical Indo‐Pacific Oceans
Geophysical Research Letters
title Distinct Intraseasonal Oscillation Modes Over the Tropical Indo‐Pacific Oceans
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title_short Distinct Intraseasonal Oscillation Modes Over the Tropical Indo‐Pacific Oceans
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