Monsoons: Formation, Environmental Monitoring & Impact Assessment

In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the formation, environmental monitoring and impact assessment of monsoons. Topics include the synergistic influence of El Nino/La Nina and Indian Ocean dipole on Indian summer monsoon rainfall; comparative characteristics of land surface thermal-hydrologic processes among monsoonal, non-monsoonal, and monsoon regions over Northern China during summer monsoon periods; Findlater jet intensity and characteristics in relation to Indian summer monsoons; and the characteristics of the change between dry and rainy seasons or summer and winter seasons using monitoring data during the Cambodian and Japanese monsoon zones.