https://www.earthmagazine.org/tags/tropical-storm/ Recent content in Tropical Storm on EARTH Magazine Hugo en-US American Geosciences Institute. All rights reserved. Tue, 19 Apr 2016 15:45:24 -0400 https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/model-targets-better-understanding-recurring-indian-pacific-storm-systems/ Tue, 19 Apr 2016 15:45:24 -0400 https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/model-targets-better-understanding-recurring-indian-pacific-storm-systems/ <p>Scientists have known for decades that the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) — a massive gathering of thunderstorms that forms intermittently over the Indian and western Pacific oceans — impacts regional and global weather. Predicting the impacts, however, has been more difficult because relatively little is known about the phenomenon, at least compared to El Niño and some other weather patterns. But in a new <a href="http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JAS-D-15-0170.1">study</a>, scientists have devised a mathematical model that clarifies how the MJO develops and progresses, which may pave the way for more accurate predictions of its effects.</p>