The Asian Monsoon

by Bin Wang

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783540406105
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	01/13/2006
Series:	Springer Praxis Books
Edition description:	2006
Pages:	845
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.08(d)

Table of Contents

One.- The coupled monsoon system.- The Asian monsoon: Global perspectives.- The Asian winter monsoon.- Two.- Synoptic systems and weather.- Intraseasonal variability.- Interannual variability of the Asian monsoon.- The Asian monsoon: Interdecadal variability.- Three.- Mesoscale processes.- Large-scale atmospheric dynamics.- Variation of the Asian monsoon water vapor budget: Interaction with the global-scale modes.- Land-atmosphere interaction.- Interactions between the Asian monsoon and the El Niño/Southern Oscillation.- Effects of the Tibetan Plateau.- Four.- Seasonal climate prediction of Indian summer monsoon.- Dynamic seasonal prediction and predictability of the monsoon.- Five.- Extending the historical record by proxy.- Asian monsoons in the future.- The Asian monsoon — agriculture and economy.

Editorial Reviews

From the reviews:

"This book is a collection of 18 review articles about monsoons and monsoon-related topics. … This book appeals to researchers in monsoon and monsoon-related topics. It is also useful to graduate students in tropical meteorology. ... The significant strengths of this book are its broad scope, long bibliography, and the mostly up-to-date information it provides. … Many chapters contain useful discussion of future research directions. … I do recommend this book to all people who study monsoons and monsoon-related topics." (Winston C. Chao, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, March, 2008)

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