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More than half of the world's people inhabit the region of the Asian monsoon—a region where torrential rains, floods, storms, cold-air surges, droughts, and heat waves are a part of the economy, culture, and rhythms of life. Showing the strongest seasonal variations in the Earth's climate system, the Asian monsoon has far-reaching impacts on global climate and the environment. Its variability exemplifies complex interactions among the Earth's surface, ocean, atmosphere, and biosphere. Prediction of monsoon climate fluctuation and future change is one of the greatest scientific challenges and deepest societal concerns.
Contents
Part I Overview * The coupled monsoon system (Peter J Webster) * The Asian Monsoon: Global perspectives (KevinE Trenbert, James W Hurrell and David P Stepaniak) * The Asian winter monsoon (C-P Chang, Zhuo Wang, Harry Hendon)) Part II Monsoon Variability * Synoptic systems and weather (Y. Ding and D. R. Sikka) * Intraseasonal variability (Duane Waliser) * Interannual variability (Song Yang and William K.-M. Lau) * Interdecadal variability (B. N. Goswami) Part III Physical Processes * Mesoscale processes (Richard H. Johnson) * Large-scale dynamics (B. Hoskins and Bin Wang) * Energy and water cycle (T-C. Chen) *|Land Atmosphere-ocean interaction (Tetsuzo Yasunari) * Interactions between the Asian Monsoon and El Nino-Southern Oscillation (N.-C. Lau and Bin Wang) * Effects of Tibetan Plateau (M. Yanai and G-X. Wu) Part IV Modeling and Seasonal Prediction * Seasonal prediction of Indian summer monsoon (T. N.Krishnamurti, T S V Vijaya Kumar and A K Mitra)) * Dynamical seasonal prediction and predictability (I-S Kang and J Shukla) Part V Monsoon in Changing Environment and its impacts * Extending the historical record by proxy (Steve C Clemens) * Asian monsoons in the future (Akio Kitoh) * The Asian monsoon, agriculture and economy (Sulochana Gadgil and K Rupa Kumar) Glossary References Indices
