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European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2011
Vienna, Austria, 3-8 April 2011
http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2011/

Call for abstracts to Session AS 1.9:
The global monsoon system: variability and dynamics

Abstract submission deadline: 10 January 2011
Deadline for support applications: 3 December 2010

Convener:　 Jianping Li (China; ljp@lasg.iap.ac.cn)
Co-conveners:  Annalisa Bracco (USA; annalisa.bracco@eas.gatech.edu)
Pascal Terray (France; terray@locean-ipsl.upmc.fr)
Andrew Turner (UK; a.g.turner@rdg.ac.uk)

Session Description:

Monsoon systems are among the most complex coupled atmospheric and
oceanic weather and climate phenomena. They produce much of the
rainfall in the tropics and some subtropics and their variability is
notoriously difficult to predict at all temporal scales, from
intraseasonal to interdecadal. The energy they release impacts the
overall circulation in the tropics and influences the
mid/high-latitudes through teleconnection patterns. Each monsoon
system, the Asian-Australian, African, and North and South American,
involves multi-scale interactions among the Earth's atmosphere, ocean,
land surface, cryosphere, and biosphere, and is impacted by human
activities (land use, aerosols, greenhouse gas emission, etc.).
Furthermore, the economies of many countries are strongly impacted by
monsoon-related variability.

This session invites presentations on all aspects of monsoon dynamics,
from the variability and predictability of the monsoon systems on
multiple time-scales, to the impact of monsoons on climate extremes
(floods and droughts), and linkages between monsoons and
mid/high-latitude climate. Observational, modeling and forecasting
studies are welcome.

Program: http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2011/sessionprogramme/AS

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