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Book SynopsisThe East Asian summer monsoon has complex space and time structures that are distinct from the South Asian summer monsoon. It covers both subtropics and midlatitudes and its rainfall tends to be concentrated in rain belts that stretch for many thousands of kilometers and affect China, Japan, Korea, and the surrounding areas. The circulation of the East Asian winter monsoon encompasses a large meridional domain with cold air outbreaks emanating from the Siberian high and penetrates deeply into the equatorial Maritime Continent region, where the center of maximum rainfall has long been recognized as a major planetary scale heat source that provides a significant amount of energy which drives the global circulation during boreal winter.The East Asian summer monsoon is also closely linked with the West Pacific summer monsoon. Both are part of the global climate system and are affected by El Nino—Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and surface temperature variations in the western Pacific and surrounding oceans, the tropospheric biennial oscillation, and the South Asian summer monsoon. In addition, typhoons in the western North Pacific are most active during the East Asian summer monsoon. They may be considered as a component of the East Asian summer monsoon as they contribute substantial amounts of rainfall and have major impacts on the region.Because of its impacts on nearly one-third of the world's population and on the global climate system (including effects on the climate change), the study of the East Asian monsoon has received increased attention both in East Asian countries and in the United States. This book presents reviews of recent research on the subject.
Table of ContentsEast Asian Summer and Winter Monsoon: Seasonal March of East Asian Monsoon (Y Ding); The Eastern Asian Winter Monsoon (J Chan & C Li); The Maritime Continent Monsoon (C-P Chang & P A Harr); Interannual Variations: Interannual Variability, Global Teleconnection, and Potential Predictability Associated with the Asian Summer Monsoon (W K M Lau et al.); East Asian Monsoon -- ENSO Interactions (B Wang & T Li); Climate Variations of Summer Monsoon Over China (R Huang); General Circulation Modeling: Model Simulations of ENSO-Related Variability of the Coupled Atmosphere-Ocean System in the East Asian Monsoon Region (N-C Lau et al.); Current Status of AGCM Monsoon Simulations (I-S Kang); Simulation Studies for the Asian Monsoon by Using the CCSR/NIES AGCM (A Sumi et al.); Synoptic and Mesoscale Processes: Research on the Phenomena of Meiyu during the Past Quarter Century: An Overview (G T-J Chen et al.); Large and Mesoscale Features of Baiu Front Associated with Intense Rainfalls (K Ninomiya); Oceanic Asian Monsoon Convection: Results from the 1998 SCSMEX (R Johnson & P Ciesielski); Interactions with Other Circulations: Monsoon-Related Tropical Cyclones in East Asia (R Elsberry); Progress in the Study of Subtropical Anticyclone Dynamics (G Wu et al.); Maintenance and Seasonal Transitions of the Stationary Waves During East Asian Monsoon (M Ting & R Joseph)
