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During the past three decades, many studies have been devoted to the interaction between the MJO and the dynamical components of the global climate system. For example, the MJO has been shown to have important influences on monsoon onsets and breaks (Chapters 2, 3, 4, 5, 13), the diurnal cycle (e.g., Tian et al., 2006a; Ichikawa and Yasunari, 2007; Suzuki, 2009), tropical hurricanes and cyclones (e.g., Maloney and Hartmann, 2000a, b; Bessafi and Wheeler, 2006; Camargo et al., 2009), extratropical and high-latitude weather patterns (Chapter 14), El Ninñ o and the Southern Oscillation (ENSO) (Chapter 9), and oceans (Chapters 6, 7, 15). However, little attention has been paid to the impacts of the MJO on the chemical and biological components of the global climate system, despite many of these components being relevant to human life and society.

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Lau, W.K.M., Waliser, D.E., Tian, B. (2012). Chemical and biological impacts. In: Intraseasonal Variability in the Atmosphere-Ocean Climate System. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13914-7_18

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