| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 594 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| 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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| Note |
"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. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Monsoons -- Congresses.
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Monsoons. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Chang, C.-P. (Chih-Pei)
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World Meteorological Organization.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: International Workshop on Monsoons (4th : 2008 : Beijing, China). Global monsoon system. 2nd ed. Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, ©2011 9789814343404 (OCoLC)694395035 |
| ISBN |
9789814343411 (electronic book) |
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9814343412 (electronic book) |
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9789814343404 |
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9814343404 |
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