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- Madden‐Julian Oscillation (2005) (1825)
- Toward a unified view of the American monsoon systems (2006) (704)
- Impact of aerosols on convective clouds and precipitation (2012) (668)
- Madden–Julian Oscillation: Bridging Weather and Climate (2013) (526)
- Tracking Pulses of the Madden–Julian Oscillation (2013) (365)
- Seasonal Dependence of the MJO-ENSO Relationship (2006) (308)
- Interannual Variation of the Madden–Julian Oscillation during Austral Summer (1999) (296)
- MJO Simulation Diagnostics (2009) (274)
- Seasonality in the Madden–Julian Oscillation (2004) (259)
- SST Anomalies of ENSO and the Madden–Julian Oscillation in the Equatorial Pacific* (2002) (245)
- Variability of midtropospheric moisture and its effect on cloud-top height distribution during TOGA COARE (1997) (237)
- Dynamics of Breaks in the Indian Summer Monsoon (2000) (234)
- Large-Scale Variability of Atmospheric Deep Convection in Relation to Sea Surface Temperature in the Tropics (1993) (233)
- Simulations of the Madden–Julian oscillation in four pairs of coupled and uncoupled global models (2006) (204)
- Annual cycle of the West African monsoon: regional circulations and associated water vapour transport (2011) (171)
- Cracking the MJO nut (2013) (166)
- Large-Scale Atmospheric and Oceanic Conditions during the 2011-12 DYNAMO Field Campaign (2013) (161)
- Atmospheric Intraseasonal Variability at the Surface in the Tropical Western Pacific Ocean (1996) (145)
- Multi-scale meteorological conceptual analysis of observed active fire hotspot activity and smoke optical depth in the Maritime Continent (2011) (143)
- Propagating and Standing Components of the Intraseasonal Oscillation in Tropical Convection (1997) (141)
- Barrier Effect of the Indo-Pacific Maritime Continent on the MJO: Perspectives from Tracking MJO Precipitation (2016) (136)
- Bimodality in tropical water vapour (2003) (132)
- Shallow Meridional Circulation in the Tropical Eastern Pacific (2004) (122)
- African dust outbreaks: A satellite perspective of temporal and spatial variability over the tropical Atlantic Ocean (2010) (115)
- CALIPSO-Derived Three-Dimensional Structure of Aerosol over the Atlantic Basin and Adjacent Continents (2012) (115)
- THE NAME 2004 FIELD CAMPAIGN AND MODELING STRATEGY (2006) (107)
- Intraseasonal surface cooling in the equatorial western Pacific (2000) (97)
- Shallow Meridional Circulations in the Tropical Atmosphere (2008) (97)
- Water Vapor Fluxes over the Intra-Americas Sea: Seasonal and Interannual Variability and Associations with Rainfall (2007) (96)
- A Case Study of the Mechanics of Extratropical Influence on the Initiation of the Madden–Julian Oscillation (2010) (93)
- Process-Oriented MJO Simulation Diagnostic: Moisture Sensitivity of Simulated Convection (2014) (91)
- Sensitivity of MJO simulations to diabatic heating profiles (2009) (90)
- Effects of Zonal Flows on Equatorially Trapped Waves (1989) (89)
- Twofold expansion of the Indo-Pacific warm pool warps the MJO life cycle (2019) (85)
- Progress in Pan American CLIVAR research: The North American monsoon system (2003) (80)
- The Linear Response of ENSO to the Madden–Julian Oscillation (2005) (75)
- The impact of the diurnal cycle on the propagation of Madden‐Julian Oscillation convection across the Maritime Continent (2016) (74)
- A Numerical Case Study on the Initiation of the Madden–Julian Oscillation (2008) (73)
- QBO‐MJO Connection (2018) (67)
- Potential Vorticity of the Madden–Julian Oscillation (2012) (67)
- Bi-modal Structure and Variability of Large-Scale Diabatic Heating in the Tropics (2009) (63)
- Intraseasonal Perturbations in Sea Surface Temperatures of the Equatorial Eastern Pacific and Their Association with the Madden-Julian Oscillation* (2001) (63)
- Diabatic Heating Profiles in Recent Global Reanalyses (2013) (63)
- Fifty Years of Research on the Madden‐Julian Oscillation: Recent Progress, Challenges, and Perspectives (2020) (62)
- Global versus Local MJO Forecast Skill of the ECMWF Model during DYNAMO (2014) (62)
- Estimates of Tropical Diabatic Heating Profiles: Commonalities and Uncertainties (2010) (60)
- Dynamics of the Shallow Meridional Circulation around Intertropical Convergence Zones (2007) (57)
- Structural Evolution in Heating Profiles of the MJO in Global Reanalyses and TRMM Retrievals (2011) (54)
- Role of the atmospheric mean state on the initiation of the Madden-Julian oscillation in a tropical channel model (2010) (53)
- Large-Scale Distinctions between MJO and Non-MJO Convective Initiation over the Tropical Indian Ocean (2013) (52)
- Guinean coastal rainfall of the West African Monsoon (2011) (50)
- 1/f noise and pulse‐like events in the tropical atmospheric surface variabilities (2004) (48)
- Large-Scale Characteristics of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer in the Eastern Pacific Cold Tongue-ITCZ Region* (2004) (47)
- Sensitivity of Hybrid ENSO Models to Unresolved Atmospheric Variability (2008) (47)
- A spectrum analysis of synoptic-scale disturbances in the ITCZ (2001) (46)
- The seasonal cycle in the lower troposphere over West Africa from sounding observations (2006) (46)
- Four Theories of the Madden‐Julian Oscillation (2020) (46)
- MJO Signals in Latent Heating: Results from TRMM Retrievals (2010) (45)
- The influence of the quasi-biennial oscillation on the Madden–Julian oscillation (2021) (44)
- Sensitivity of Intraseasonal Perturbations in SST to the Structure of the MJO (2003) (43)
- Possible Role of the Diurnal Cycle in Land Convection in the Barrier Effect on the MJO by the Maritime Continent (2019) (43)
- Cloud components of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (2002) (43)
- African aerosol and large-scale precipitation variability over West Africa (2009) (42)
- On the Annual Cycle in Highest, Coldest Clouds in the Tropics (1993) (42)
- Laterally Forced Equatorial Perturbations in a Linear Model. Part I: Stationary Transient Forcing (1992) (41)
- A Revised Real-Time Multivariate MJO Index (2016) (40)
- Diabatic heating, divergent circulation and moisture transport in the African monsoon system (2009) (40)
- Dynamics-Oriented Diagnostics for the Madden–Julian Oscillation (2018) (38)
- MJO Moisture Budget during DYNAMO in a Cloud-Resolving Model (2016) (37)
- Multiplicative MJO Forcing of ENSO (2012) (37)
- Public–Private Partnerships to Advance Regional Ocean-Observing Capabilities: A Saildrone and NOAA-PMEL Case Study and Future Considerations to Expand to Global Scale Observing (2019) (35)
- Aerosol-Induced Large-Scale Variability in Precipitation over the Tropical Atlantic (2009) (34)
- Westward-Propagating Synoptic-Scale Disturbances and the ITCZ (2002) (34)
- Idealized Simulations of the Intertropical Convergence Zone and Its Multilevel Flows (2010) (34)
- Possible Root Causes of Surface Westerly Biases over the Equatorial Atlantic in Global Climate Models (2012) (32)
- African dry air outbreaks (2004) (31)
- TRMM Latent Heating Retrieval: Applications and Comparisons with Field Campaigns and Large-Scale Analyses (2016) (30)
- Roles of deep and shallow convection and microphysics in the MJO simulated by the Model for Prediction Across Scales (2016) (29)
- meeting summary: A Workshop on the MJO and ENSO (2001) (29)
- Laterally Forced Equatorial Perturbations in a Linear Model. Part II: Mobile Forcing. (1993) (28)
- A Paper on the Tropical Intraseasonal Oscillation Published in 1963 in a Chinese Journal (2018) (28)
- Aerosol Meteorology of the Maritime Continent for the 2012 7SEAS Southwest Monsoon Intensive Study - Part 1: Regional-scale Phenomena (2016) (28)
- Variability of Water Vapor, Infrared Radiative Cooling, and Atmospheric Instability for Deep Convection in the Equatorial Western Pacific (1999) (26)
- The Role of Shallow Cloud Moistening in MJO and Non-MJO Convective Events over the ARM Manus Site (2015) (24)
- A Census of Atmospheric Variability From Seconds to Decades (2017) (23)
- Uncertainties in Estimating Moisture Fluxes over the Intra-Americas Sea (2005) (23)
- Automated rain rate estimates using the Ka-band ARM zenith radar (KAZR) (2014) (21)
- A Description of the Madden–Julian Oscillation Based on a Self-Organizing Map (2013) (21)
- A new interpretation of the ability of global models to simulate the MJO (2017) (20)
- Intraseasonal Variability of the Upper-Ocean Thermal Structure Observed at 0° and 165°E* (1997) (19)
- Impacts of a GCM’s resolution on MJO simulation (2008) (18)
- Challenges and Opportunities in MJO Studies (2017) (18)
- Measurements from the RV Ronald H. Brown and related platforms as part of the Atlantic Tradewind Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Interaction Campaign (ATOMIC) (2020) (18)
- Sensitivity of the water cycle over the Indian Ocean and Maritime Continent to parameterized physics in a regional model (2014) (15)
- Tropical Channel Model (2012) (14)
- Diurnal Cycle of Precipitation Over the Maritime Continent Under Modulation of MJO: Perspectives From Cloud‐Permitting Scale Simulations (2020) (14)
- A Workshop on the MJO and ENSO (2001) (14)
- Role of water vapor and convection‐circulation decoupling in MJO simulations by a tropical channel model (2015) (13)
- Stratiform and Convective Precipitation Observed by Multiple Radars during the DYNAMO/AMIE Experiment (2014) (13)
- Ocean Observations to Improve Our Understanding, Modeling, and Forecasting of Subseasonal-to-Seasonal Variability (2019) (13)
- Evolution of Precipitation Structure During the November DYNAMO MJO Event: Cloud‐Resolving Model Intercomparison and Cross Validation Using Radar Observations (2017) (13)
- Role of stochastic forcing in ENSO in observations and a coupled GCM (2011) (13)
- Barrier Effect of the Indo-Pacific Maritime Continent on MJO Propagation in Observations and CMIP5 Models (2020) (10)
- CYGNSS Ocean Surface Wind Validation in the Tropics (2020) (9)
- Low‐cloud characteristics over the tropical western Pacific from ARM observations and CAM5 simulations (2015) (8)
- ARM MJO Investigation Experiment on Gan Island (AMIE-Gan) Science Plan (2011) (8)
- Effect of boundary layer latent heating on MJO simulations (2013) (7)
- CINDY/DYNAMO field campaign: Advancing our understanding of MJO initiation (2017) (7)
- The Relationship between the ITCZ and MJO Initiation over the Indian Ocean (2019) (6)
- Core Dynamics of the MJO (2020) (6)
- Exploring the Pacific Arctic Seasonal Ice Zone With Saildrone USVs (2021) (6)
- Atmospheric Convection and Air–Sea Interactions over the Tropical Oceans: Scientific Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities (2020) (5)
- Dr. Yanai’s Contributions to the Discovery and Science of the MJO (2016) (4)
- Review: MJO Propagation over the Maritime Continent (2021) (4)
- Vertical structure from recent observations (2012) (4)
- Heating and Moistening of the MJO during DYNAMO in ECMWF Reforecasts (2018) (4)
- The DYNAMO Field Campaign (2012) (4)
- A Zonal Migration of Monsoon Moisture Flux Convergence and the Strength of Madden‐Julian Oscillation Events (2019) (3)
- Relating Precipitation Phenomena with MODIS Detected Hot Spots in the Maritime Continent (2009) (2)
- Moisture Sensitivity of Simulated Convection (2014) (2)
- Impact of the diurnal cycle on the propagation of MJO convection across the Maritime Continent (2017) (2)
- Uncrewed Ocean Gliders and Saildrones Support Hurricane Forecasting and Research (2021) (2)
- NAME Modeling and Data Assimilation: a strategic overview (2005) (1)
- Indo-Pacific warm pool expansion modulates MJO lifecycle (2020) (1)
- TRMM Latent Heating Retrieval and Comparisons with Field Campaigns and Large-Scale Analyses (2012) (1)
- A Review of Contemporary MJO Theories (2021) (1)
- The Indo-Pacific Maritime Continent Barrier Effect on MJO Prediction (2022) (1)
- Dynamic Core of the MJO (2020) (0)
- Years of the Maritime Continent (YMC): To better understand the weather and climate systems of the Maritime Continent (2015) (0)
- Impacts of Insolation and Soil Moisture on the Seasonality of Interactions Between the Madden‐Julian Oscillation and Maritime Continent (2020) (0)
- Barrier effect of the Maritime Continent on the MJO in global models (2017) (0)
- Connecting Thunderstorms and Climate Through Ozone (2016) (0)
- Cross-Scale Air-Sea Interaction in the Tropics Related to the MJO (2009) (0)
- Fire hotspot activity and smoke optical depth in the Maritime Continent: Relationships to deep convection (2011) (0)
- Exploring the Pacific Arctic Seasonal Ice Zone With Saildrone USVs. (2021) (0)
- MJO and extreme weather/climate events (2016) (0)
- A New MJO Theory (2020) (0)
- Seasonal evolution of diabatic heating and associated meridional circulation over the West African Monsoon region (2010) (0)
- Hadley Cell or no Hadley Cell, that is the question (2004) (0)
- Application of MJO simulation diagnostics to climate model simulations (2008) (0)
- Large-Scale Covariability Between Aerosol and Precipitation Over the 7-SEAS Region: Observations and Simulations (2012) (0)
- Years of the Maritime Continent (YMC): Multi-year Field Campaigns in the Largest Archipelago on Earth (2021) (0)
- MJO-QBO Connection Revealed from Tracking MJO precipitation (2018) (0)
- Evolution in Cloud Population Statistics of the MJO: From AMIE Field Observations to Global Cloud-Permiting Models (2016) (0)
- MJO signals in latent heating (2008) (0)
- Relocation of GATE from the Pacific to the Atlantic (2022) (0)
- An Unprecedented View Inside a Hurricane (2022) (0)
- Role of the Diurnal Cycle of Land Convection in the Barrier Effect on the MJO by the Maritime Continent (2019) (0)
- Moisture Budget of the MJO over the Maritime Continent (2017) (0)
- Evaluation of Surface Conditions from Operational Forecasts Using in situ Saildrone Observations in the Pacific Arctic (2022) (0)
- Moistening by Shallow Cumulus prior to Peaks of MJO Convection (2015) (0)
- The role of an atmospehric shallow meridional circulation in tropical air-sea interaction (2004) (0)
- The disruption of MJO propagation across the Maritime Continent (2018) (0)
- Possible Influences of the Madden-Julian Oscillation on Global Fire (2015) (0)
- Low Clouds over the Western Pacific Ocean in ARM Observations and CAM5 Simulations (2015) (0)
- United States contributions to the Second International Indian Ocean Expedition (US IIOE-2) (2018) (0)
- Bi-modal structure and evolution of tropical diabatic heating profiles (2010) (0)
- Role of Cloud Evolution in the Madden-Julian Oscillation (2017) (0)
- A new conceptual model for the meridional circulation of the West African monsoon (2006) (0)
- Assisting ONR Littoral Air-Sea Processes DRI (2012) (0)
- Air-Sea Fluxes following the Unusually Early Ice Retreats in the Arctic (2020) (0)
- Characteristics of Diurnal Convection and Winds over the Maritime Continent during YMC with WRF Numerical Simulations and Data Assimilation at a Cloud Permitting Scale (2019) (0)
- US CLIVAR Madden-Julian Oscillation Working Group: (2008) (0)
- MJO Initiation: A Biennial Report of the CINDY/DYNAMO Field Campaign (2014) (0)
- As a prime example of intraseasonal variability, the Madden-Julian Oscillation affects— and is pivotal to predicting—both weather and climate. MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION Bridging Weather and Climate (2013) (0)
- Structures of the MJO : Implications to Its Air-Sea Interaction and Dynamics (2004) (0)
- DYNAMO and Beyond (2017) (0)
- Bridging the Gap Between Weather and Climate Predictions (2020) (0)
- Observations, mechanisms and theories [presentation] (2003) (0)
- David Raymond’s Insights into the ITCZ (Invited Presentation) (2018) (0)
- Maritime Continent: Atmospheric and Oceanic Processes and Their Interaction I Posters (2014) (0)
- 1 Tropical Channel Model (2012) (0)
- The 2011-12 CINDY/DYNAMO Indian Ocean Field Campaign (2013) (0)
- Initiation of MJO events over the Indian Ocean, and the contribution of observations collected during DYNAMO to MJO predictability (2013) (0)
- Five Years After: What Have We Learned from DYNAMO? (Invited Presentation) (2017) (0)
- Rainfall and Convection in ERA5 and MERRA-2 over the Northern Equatorial Western Pacific During PISTON (2022) (0)
- Mysterious Engine of the Madden‐Julian Oscillation (2020) (0)
- Linear and nonlinear influence of the MJO on ENSO (2004) (0)
- New Perspectives of the MJO from Tracking Its Precipitation (2018) (0)
- CINDY/DYNAMO/AMIE/LASP Field Campaign: A Biennial Report (Invited Presentation) (2014) (0)
- The Characteristics of Convective Systems During the West African Monsoon (2014) (0)
- A Road Map to Success of International Field Campaigns in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (2022) (0)
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