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Intraseasonal Variability in the Atmosphere-Ocean Climate System

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As the word ‘‘monsoon’’ (derived from an Arabic word meaning ‘‘seasons’’) indicates, the South Asian (SA) summer monsoon is part of an annually reversing wind system (Figure 2.1c, d) (Ramage, 1971; Rao, 1976).

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