Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

madden-julian oscillation

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English

Syllables: mad-den-ju-lian oscil-la-tion
IPA

36

Scrabble Score

23

Letters

6

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

the Madden-Julian oscillation (canonical)

Questions

What does madden-julian oscillation mean?: 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.
Where does madden-julian oscillation come from?: Discovered in 1971 by Roland Madden and Paul Julian of the American National Center for Atmospheric Research.

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