Updated Dec. 2004

THE ASIAN MONSOON

Preface (Bin Wang)

Part I Overview

1. The coupled monsoon system (Peter J. Webster)

2. Global perspectives

(Kevin E. Trenberth, James W. Hurrell and David P.Stepaniak)

3. The Asian winter monsoon (C-P. Chang)

Part II Monsoon variability

4. Synoptic systems and weather (Yihui Ding and D. R. Sikka)

5. Intraseasonal variability (Duane Waliser)

6. Interannual variability (Song Yang and William K.-M. Lau)

7. Interdecadal variability (B. N. Goswami)

Part III Physical Processes

8.  Mesoscale processes (Richard A. Johnson)
9. Large-scale dynamics (B. Hoskins and B. Wang)

10. Energy and water cycle (T.-C. Chen)

11. Atmosphere-land interaction (Tetsuzo Yasunari)

12. Interactions between the Asian monsoon and El Nino-Southern Oscillation

(Ngar-Cheung Lau and Bin Wang)

13. Effects of the Tibetan Plateau (M. Yanai and G.-X. Wu)

Part IV Modeling and Seasonal Prediction

14. Weather and seasonal prediction of summer monsoon

(T. N. Krishnamurti, T.S.V. Vijaya Kumar, and A. K. Mitra)

15. Dynamical seasonal prediction and predictability

(In-Sik Kang and Jagadish Shukla)

Part V Monsoon in Changing Environment and its Impacts

16. Paleo-monsoon (Steve C. Clemens)

17. Asian monsoons in future (Akio Kitoh)

18. The Asian monsoon, agriculture and economy

(Sulochana. Gadgil and K. Rupa Kumar)

References

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