The Asian Monsoon

Part I Overview

1. The coupled monsoon system (Peter J Webster)
2. The Asian Monsoon: Global perspectives (KevinE Trenbert, James W Hurrell and David P Stepaniak)
3. The Asian winter monsoon (C-P Chang, Zhuo Wang, Harry Hendon))

Part II Monsoon Variability

4. Synoptic systems and weather (Y. 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 H. Johnson)
9. Large-scale dynamics (B. Hoskins and Bin Wang)
10. Energy and water cycle (T-C. Chen)
11. |Land Atmosphere-ocean interaction (Tetsuzo Yasunari)
12. Interactions between the Asian Monsoon and El Nino-Southern Oscillation (N.-C. Lau and Bin Wang)
13. Effects of Tibetan Plateau (M. Yanai and G-X. Wu)

Part IV Modeling and Seasonal Prediction

14. Seasonal prediction of Indian summer monsoon (T. N.Krishnamurti, T S V Vijaya Kumar and A K Mitra))
15. Dynamical seasonal prediction and predictability (I-S Kang and J Shukla)

Part V Monsoon in Changing Environment and its impacts

16. Extending the historical record by proxy (Steve C Clemens)
17. Asian monsoons in the future (Akio Kitoh)
18. The Asian monsoon, agriculture and economy (Sulochana Gadgil and K Rupa Kumar)

Glossary

References

Indices