QBO deepens MJO convection.
Journal
Nature communications
ISSN: 2041-1723
Titre abrégé: Nat Commun
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101528555
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
10 Jul 2023
10 Jul 2023
Historique:
received:
08
07
2022
accepted:
14
06
2023
medline:
11
7
2023
pubmed:
11
7
2023
entrez:
10
7
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The underlying mechanism that couples the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation (QBO) and the Madden-Julian oscillation (MJO) has remained elusive, challenging our understanding of both phenomena. A popular hypothesis about the QBO-MJO connection is that the vertical extent of MJO convection is strongly modulated by the QBO. However, this hypothesis has not been verified observationally. Here we show that the cloud-top pressure and brightness temperature of deep convection and anvil clouds are systematically lower in the easterly QBO (EQBO) winters than in the westerly QBO (WQBO) winters, indicating that the vertical growth of deep convective systems within MJO envelopes is facilitated by the EQBO mean state. Moreover, the deeper clouds during EQBO winters are more effective at reducing longwave radiation escaping to space and thereby enhancing longwave cloud-radiative feedback within MJO envelopes. Our results provide robust observational evidence of the enhanced MJO activity during EQBO winters by mean state changes induced by the QBO.
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pubmed: 37429838
doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-39465-7
pii: 10.1038/s41467-023-39465-7
pmc: PMC10333186
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eng
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Organisme : National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
ID : 80NSSC17K0227
Organisme : DOE | SC | Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
ID : DE-SC0016223
Organisme : United States Department of Commerce | NOAA | Climate Program Office (NOAA Climate Program Office)
ID : NA18OAR4310300
Organisme : Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA)
ID : KMI2021-01210
Organisme : National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
ID : NRF-2021H1D3A2A01039352
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