Inthispaper,theinfluenceofElNi?oeventontheMadden-JulianOscillation(MJO)overtheequatorialPacificisstudiedbyusingreanalysisdataandrelevantnumericalsimulationresults.ItisclearlyshownthatElNi?ocanreducetheintensityofMJO.ThekineticenergyofMJOovertheequatorialPacificisstrongerbeforetheoccurrenceoftheElNi?oevent,butitisreducedrapidlyafterElNi?oeventoutbreak,andtheweakenedMJOevencancontinuetothenextsummer.Theconvectionoverthecentral-westernPacificisweakenedinElNi?owinter.ThepositiveanomalousOLRoverthecentral-westernPacifichasoppositevariationinElNi?owintercomparingtothenon-ENSOcases.TheverticalstructureofMJOalsoaffectedbyElNi?oevent,sotheoppositedirectionfeaturesofthegeopotentialheightandthezonalwindinupperandlowerleveltropospherefortheMJOarenotremarkableintheElNi?owinterandtendtobebarotropicfeatures.ElNi?oeventalsohasaninfluenceontheeastwardpropa-gationoftheMJOtoo.DuringElNi?owinter,theeastwardpropagationoftheMJOisnotsoregularandunanimousandthereexistssomeeastwardpropagation,whichisfasterthanthatinnon-ENSOcase.DynamicanalysessuggestthatpositiveSSTA(ElNi?ocase)affectstheatmosphericthicknessovertheequatorialPacificandthentheexcitedatmosphericwave-CISKmodeisweakened,sothattheintensityofMJOisreduced;thecombiningofthebarotropicunstablemodeintheatmosphereexcitedbyexternalforcing(SSTA)andtheoriginalMJOmaybeanimportantreasonfortheMJOverticalstructuretendingtobebarotropicduringtheElNi?o.
