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Madden-Julian oscillation
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Etymology
Discovered in 1971 by Roland Madden and Paul Julian of the American National Center for Atmospheric Research.
Proper noun
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en meteorology 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.
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