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Control Number256201
Date and Time of Latest Transaction20140930033735.AM
General Information140930s |||||||||b ||00|||
International Standard Book Number9263106134
Cataloging SourcePAGASA-DOST
Language Codeeng
Main Entry - Personal NameDas, P. K.
Title StatementMonsoons by P. K. Das
Physical Descriptionix, 55p
Summary, Etc.The purpose of the IMO Lecture, initiated by the WMO to commemorate its predecessor, the International Meteorological Organization, is to present a review of progress in some branch of meteorology prepared by an acknowledged expert in the chosen field. The first IMO Lecture on The nature and theory of the general circulation of the atmosphere was presented in 1967 by Prof. E. N. Lorenz. the second, in 1971, which dealt with Radiation processes in the atmosphere was given by Prof. K. Ya. Kondratyev. In 1975, Prof. R. W. Stewart, presented the third IMO Lecture on the The atmospheric boundary layer. The fourth IMO Lecture on Climate changes and their effects on the biosphere was given in 1979 by Prof. B. Bolin. This present publication constitutes the full text of the monograph prepared by Prof. P. K. Das for his presentation of the fifth IMO Lecture on Monsoons. Winds which reverse their direction in a persistent manner with surprising regularity each year are known collectively as monsoons. The name was coined from an Arabic word meaning a season. Monsoonal circulations are of critical importance to many countries in Asia and Africa because of their capacity to generate seasonal rains, on which agriculture and the replenishment of water resources rely heavily. The economies of many countries are therefore dependent on the timely arrival and subsequent distribution of monsoon rains, the predictability of monsoons has been the subject of considerable research in recent years. Predictability measured in terms of the ratio of internannual and natural variability has been observed to be larger over the tropics than the mid-latitudes. While this indicates greater potential for long-range prediction of the monsoon's performance, theory suggest that this is largely true for the prediction of monthly means. On smaller scales of time, the tropics are probably less predictable, this conclusion is based on numerical experiments with general circulation models. This present monograph contitutes a thorough and comprehensive review of present-day knowledge of monsoons, which will be welcomed by a wide variety of readers. I wish to take this opportunity, on behalf of the WMO, to express deep appreciation to Prof. Das for the high standard of his work and contribution of the IMO Lectures series
Subject Added Entry - Topical TermMonsoons -- 1986 -- Geneva
 Meteorology
LocationDOST PAGASA BOOKS wmocab PAG-07-1697 1 050 Donation 2008-04-11
 DOST PAGASA BOOKS wmocab PAG-07-1698 2 722 Donation 2008-04-11
  
     
 
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