On the Annual Variations in the Amplitude of 25-70-Day Intraseasonal Atmospheric Oscillations in Central Africa

Alain Tchakoutio Sandjon; Armand Nzeukou

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On the Annual Variations in the Amplitude of 25-70-Day Intraseasonal Atmospheric Oscillations in Central Africa

Alain Tchakoutio Sandjon, Armand Nzeukou

Published in Earth Sciences (Volume 5, Issue 3)

Received: 25 May 2016 Accepted: 13 July 2016 Published: 23 July 2016

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In this paper we analyzed the annual variations in the 25-70-day intraseasonal atmospheric oscillations in central Africa, for the period 1981-2010, using the Outgoing Longwave OLR data. We then extracted the amplitude time series of the dominant modes of intraseasonal variability in 25-70 days filtered OLR anomalies, using Empirical Orthogonal Functions (EOF) analysis. The EOF analysis has shown that three dominant modes characterized the intraseasonal atmospheric oscillation in Central Africa. The amount of variance explained by these three retained EOFs are 19.3%, 13.6% and 11.8% respectively, and they exhibit higher spatial loading over Northern Congo, Southern Ethiopia, and Southwestern Tanzania, respectively. The analysis of Principal Components (PCs) time series showed that the amplitude and of the intraseasonal oscillations (ISO) exhibit large annual variations. In fact the highest values of ISO amplitude are generally observed during October-April season, and much weakened signal the rest of the year. The fraction of yearly Madden Julian Oscillation (MJO) power, occurring within October-April season are 79.3%, 77.92%, 78.73% for EOF1, EOF2, and EOF3, respectively.

Published in	Earth Sciences (Volume 5, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.earth.20160503.11
Page(s)	39-47
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Rainfall, ISO Variations, Central Africa, Amplitude

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Alain Tchakoutio Sandjon

Department of Computer Science, Higher Technical Teachers Training College (HTTTC), University of Buea, Kumba, Cameroon
Armand Nzeukou

Laboratory of Industrial Systems and Environmental Engineering, Fotso Victor Technology Institute, University of Dschang, Bandjoun, Cameroon

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