P5.1
The Misnomer of the "East Asian Summer Monsoon"
Winston Chao, NASA/GSFC, greenbelt, MD; and B. Chen
The term "East Asian Monsoon" has been used frequently to refer to the rainfall in southeast China from May to August. We use the Xie-Arkin monthly mean rainfall maps to argue that this term is a misnomer.
Poster Session 5, Poster Session: Seasonal to Interannual Variability
Thursday, 13 January 2005, 9:45 AM-11:00 AM
Next paper