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La Ola-MJO": a public-friendly nickname for the Madden-Julian Oscillation.

  • Takeshi Izumo
  • Bastien Pagli
  • Claire Rocuet
  • Mayalen Zubia
  • Marania Hopuare
  • Vateanui Sansine
  • Maxime Colin
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Abstract

The Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) is the leading intraseasonal driver of tropical weather, comparable to the interannual "El Niño/La Niña", yet remains largely unfamiliar outside the scientific community. The MJO is atmospherically like a "La Niña" going around the earth, and metaphorically as "La Ola", Spanish for "The Wave", evoking a stadium wave. Thus a pedagogical nickname such as "La Ola-MJO" could enhance forecast uptake, especially among climate-vulnerable communities.

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@misc{izumo2026olamjo,
  title = {{La Ola-MJO": a public-friendly nickname for the Madden-Julian Oscillation.}},
  author = {Takeshi Izumo and Bastien Pagli and Claire Rocuet and Mayalen Zubia and Marania Hopuare and Vateanui Sansine and Maxime Colin},
  howpublished = {HAL},
  year = {2026},
  month = aug,
  doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.18858},
  eprint = {2609.18858},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://hal.science/hal-05729539v1},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
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TI  - La Ola-MJO": a public-friendly nickname for the Madden-Julian Oscillation.
AU  - Takeshi Izumo
AU  - Bastien Pagli
AU  - Claire Rocuet
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AU  - Marania Hopuare
AU  - Vateanui Sansine
AU  - Maxime Colin
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DO  - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.18858
UR  - https://hal.science/hal-05729539v1
AB  - The Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) is the leading intraseasonal driver of tropical weather, comparable to the interannual "El Niño/La Niña", yet remains largely unfamiliar outside the scientific community. The MJO is atmospherically like a "La Niña" going around the earth, and metaphorically as "La Ola", Spanish for "The Wave", evoking a stadium wave. Thus a pedagogical nickname such as "La Ola-MJO" could enhance forecast uptake, especially among climate-vulnerable communities.
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