| Session Details | |
| Section | AS - Atmospheric Sciences |
| Session Title | Monsoon Variability, Modeling and Prediction |
| Main Convener | Prof. Jianping Li (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China) |
| Co-convener(s) | Prof. Kyung-Ja Ha (Pusan National University, Korea, South) Dr. K.-M. Lau (NASA/GSFC, United States) |
| Session Description | Monsoons are complex multi-scale atmosphere-ocean-land phenomena with significant impacts on the regional and global climate as well as on the socio-economic system. Improved forecasts of the monsoon will greatly benefit the livelihood of over 60% of the world population living in monsoon regions. The global monsoon system consisting of the Asia-Australia, Africa, North and South America monsoons have many common features, unique characteristics, as well as physical teleconnection. This session invites presentations on observations and modeling of the global monsoon system aimed at better understanding of variability and dynamics of the global monsoon system and its major components (e.g., South Asian monsoon, East Asian monsoon, Africa monsoon, North and South America monsoons, etc.) at different time scales, monsoon coupled ocean-atmosphere interactions, the effect of monsoon variation on high-impact weather and extreme climate, anthropogenic influences including land use/cover and atmospheric composition changes on monsoons, aerosol physical and radiative properties, aerosol transport processes, aerosol-monsoon water cycle interactions, and monsoon predictability and prediction studies. |