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Definitions Of Monsoon Indices

Webster-Yang monsoon index (U850-U200 averaged over 0-20^oN, 40^oE-110^oE)
Webster, P.J., and S.Yang, 1992: Monsoon and ENSO: Selectively interactive
systems. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 118, 877-926.

Australian monsoon index (U850 averaged over 2.5^oS-15^oS, 110^oE-150^oE)
Hung, C.-W, and M. Yanai, 2004: Factors contributing to the onset of the
Australian summer monsoon. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 130, 739-758.

South Asian monsoon index (V850-V200 averaged over 10^oN-30^oN, 70^oE-110^oE)
Goswami, B. N., B. Krishnamurthy, and H. Annamalai, 1999: A broad-scale
circulation index for interannual variability of the Indian summer monsoon.
Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 125, 611-633.

Dynamic Indian monsoon index (U850 (5^oN-15^oN, 40^oE-80^oE) - (U850 20^oN-30^oN, 70^oE-90^oE))
Wang, B., and Z. Fan, 1999: Choice of south Asian summer monsoon indices.
Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 80, 629-638.

East Asian - Western North Pacific monsoon index (U850 (5^oN-15^oN, 90^oE-130^oE) - U850 (20^oN-30^oN, 110^oE-140^oE))
Wang, B., Z. Wu, J. Li, J. Liu, C.-P. Chang, Y. Ding, and G. Wu, 2008: How to
measure the strength of the East Asian summer monsoon.
J. Climate, 21, 4449-4463.

East Asia monsoon index
Li, J., and Q. Zeng, 2002: A unified monsoon index.
Geophys. Res. Lett.,29, NO. 8, 1274, 10.1029/2001GL013874.


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