| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 594 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps |
| Series |
World Scientific series on Asia-Pacific weather and climate ; v. 5 |
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World Scientific series on Asia-Pacific weather and climate ; v. 5.
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| Contents |
Concept of global monsoon / Bin Wang, Qinghua Ding, and Jian Liu -- Heaviest precipitation events, 1998-2007 : a near-global survey / Brian Mapes -- Interannual variation of the South Asian monsoon : links with ENSO and EQUINOO / Sulochana Gadgil [and others] -- Summer monsoons in East Asia, Indochina and the western North Pacific / Tianjun Zhou, Huang-Hsiung Hsu, and Jun Matsumoto -- Seasonal prediction of Australian summer monsoon rainfall / Harry H. Hendon, Eunpa Lim, and Matthew C. Wheeler -- The maritime continent monsoon / Andrew Robertson [and others] -- The East Asian winter monsoon / Chih-Pei Chang, Mong-Ming Lu, and Bin Wang -- The West African monsoon / Serge Janicot, Jean-Philippe Lafore, and Chris Thorncroft -- The South American monsoon system / Brant Liebmann and Carlos R. Mechoso -- Contributions from the North American Monsoon Experiment towards improved understanding and prediction of high impact weather and climate events / David J. Gochis and Ernesto H. Berberry -- Synoptic and meso-scale weather disturbances over South Asia during the southwest summer monsoon season / Dev R. Sikka -- The Meiyu weather system in East Asia : build-up, maintenance and structures /Yihui Ding [and others] -- Mesoscale aspects of the Australian monsoon / Peter May -- Synoptic and mesoscale processes in the South American monsoon / Alice M. Grimm and Maria Assunção F. Silva Dias -- Diurnal cycle of monsoon convection / Richard Johnson -- Some aspects of precipitation relating to topography / Seung-Hee Kim and Robert G. Fovell -- Field experiments on Meiyu/Baiu frontal precipitation systems and heavy rainfalls over Yangtze River, East China Sea and Kyushu, Japan / Hiroshi Uyeda |
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An overview of SoWMEX/TiMREX / Ben Jong-Dao Jou, Wen-Chau Lee, and Richard H. Johnson -- The characteristics of summer monsoon rainfall at the southwestern ocean area of Korea : a study of the 2007 season / Dong-In Lee [and others] -- Heavy rainfall over the Baiu frontal zone around Japan -- relation with cloud-top heights of cumulonimbi / Teruyuki Kato -- Tropical cyclone characteristics and monsoon circulations / Patrick A. Harr and Chun-Chieh Wu -- Airborne radar observations of heavy precipitation systems / Wen-Chau Lee and Ching-Hwang Liu -- Intraseasonal variability and forecasting : a review of recent research / B.N. Goswami [and others] -- Intraseasonal prediction and predictability for boreal winter / In-ik Kang and Hye-Mi Kim -- Modelling monsoons : understanding and predicting current and future behaviour / Andrew Turner [and others] -- Cloud-cluster-resolving global atmosphere modeling -- a challenge for the new age of tropical meteorology / Taroh Matsuno [and others] -- Improving multimodel forecasts of monsoon rainfall over China using the FSU superensemble / Tiruvalam N. Krishnamurti and Akhilesh K. Mishira -- Simulation of synoptic and sub-synoptic scale phenomena associated with the East Asian monsoon using a high-resolution GCM / Ngar-Cheung Lau -- Why climate modelers should worry about atmospheric and oceanic weather / Ben Kirtman and Gabriel A. Vecchi -- Oceanic processes influencing the SST in regions related to the Asian-Australian monsoon system / Bo Qiu and Yukio Masumoto -- Review of recent observational and dynamical studies on the climate impacts of the Tibetan Plateau / Guoxiong Wu [and others] -- Impacts of climate change on Asian monsoon characteristics / Akio Kitoh -- Effects of dust and black carbon on variability of the South Asian monsoon / William K.M. Lau and Kyu-Myong Kim -- Role of vegetation in the monsoon climate system / Tetsuzo Yasunari |
| Summary |
This book presents a current review of the science of monsoon research and forecasting. The contents are based on the invited reviews presented at the World Meteorological Organization's Fourth International Workshop on Monsoons in late 2008, with subsequent manuscripts revised from 2009 to early 2010. The book builds on the concept that the monsoons in various parts of the globe can be viewed as components of an integrated global monsoon system, while emphasizing that significant region-specific characteristics are present in individual monsoon regions. The topics covered include all major monsoon regions and time scales (mesoscale, synoptic, intraseasonal, interannual, decadal, and climate change). It is intended to provide an updated comprehensive review of the current status of knowledge, modeling capability, and future directions in the research of monsoon systems around the world |
| Notes |
"The Fourth WMO International Workshop on Monsoons (IWM-IV) was held ... in Beijing from 20 to 25 October 2008"--Page v |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Monsoons -- Congresses
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Meteorology & Climatology.
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Monsoons
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Chang, C.-P. (Chih-Pei)
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World Meteorological Organization.
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| ISBN |
9789814343411 |
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9814343412 |
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