2001 International Meetings in Statistical Climatology Achievement Award[2] 2002 Jule G. Charney AwardJule G. Charney Award Roland Aloysius Madden, an American meteorologist, was a staff scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) from 1967 to 2002.
[5] He was married to Mary Agnes (née Ruh) Madden (1939–2019) for fifty-seven years, and the couple has four children.
[8] [pub 2] The MJO is an eastward moving atmospheric disturbance that traverses the planet in the tropics with a period of 30–60 days, on average.
The MJO is the main intra-seasonal fluctuation explaining weather in the tropics, and it continues to be studied broadly.
[12][13] Selected areas of important contributions (and related publications) in addition to the MJO[2] include: Madden continues to work and publish as an NCAR Senior Scientist Emeritus.