About CINDY
Objectives
The aim of the experiment is to collect in-situ atmospheric and oceanic data to study the intraseasonal variability in the equatorial Indian Ocean, with focus on the initiation process of convection in the Madden-Julian oscillation (MJO), by constructing a long-time (over intraseasonal period) and wide-areal observation network with ships, land-based sites, and a mooring array as a multi-national effort. Key scientific objectives are set to reveal 1) the evolution of heating profile associated with the MJO, 2) relationship between meso-scale convective systems and equatorial waves, and 3) relationship between convective activity and sea surface conditions.
Background
CINDY2011 can be regarded as a follow-up project of MISMO, which took
place in the central equatorial Indian Ocean from late October to early
December 2006.
See the details of MISMO from
Web site http://www.jamstec.go.jp/iorgc/mismo/index-e.html
Article Yoneyama et al. (2008) [PDF] © 2008 American Meteorological Society
In addition, extensive discussion for CINDY2011 was made at MISMO
workshop.
See the workshop summary [PDF]
Science Plan [PDF]
Special note
CINDY2011 and DYNAMO are the endorsed projects by WCRP/CLIVAR.