Asian Monsoon - Causes, History and Effects

The Asian Monsoon, first published in 2008, describes the causes, evolution and far-reaching effects of this dramatic climatic phenomenon.

List of contents

Foreword; 1. The meteorology of monsoons; 2. Controls on the Asian monsoon over tectonic timescales; 3. Monsoon evolution on tectonic timescales; 4. Monsoon evolution on orbital timescales; 5. Erosional impact of the Asian monsoon; 6. The late Holocene monsoon and human society; References; Index.

About the author

Peter Clift is Kilgour Professor in the School of Geosciences at the University of Aberdeen, a Research Affilliate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a visiting professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou. His research focuses on the integration of marine and terrestrial data sets to understand how the monsoon changes with time. He has authored over 100 peer reviewed papers and has acted as lead editor on two other books, as well as a special collection concerning the monsoon for Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. He is co-leader of IGCP 476 'Monsoons and Tectonics'.Alan Plumb is Professor of Meteorology and Director of the Program in Oceans, Atmospheres, and Climate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has been an editor of Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences and of Pure and Applied Geophysics and has published approximately 100 peer reviewed papers, as well as co-editing one previous book and co-authoring an undergraduate textbook on The Circulation of the Atmosphere and Ocean (in press).

Product details

• Authors: Peter D. Clift, Peter D. (University of Aberdeen) Plumb Clift, Peter D. Plumb Clift, Clift Peter D., R. Alan Plumb, Plumb R. Alan
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.05.2014
• EAN: 9781107630192
• ISBN: 978-1-107-63019-2
• No. of pages: 286
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geology; Asia, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Sedimentology & Stratigraphy, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Meteorology & Climatology, Meteorology & climatology, Meteorology and climatology, Soil science, sedimentology, Sedimentology and pedology