16th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

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

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