CONTENTS -- Editors -- Reviewers -- Seasonal Variation in the Structure of QTP Atmospheric Heat Source in 1961-2001 Zhong Shanshan, He Jinhai, Guan Zhaoyong and Liu Xuanfei -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Regional Mean Climate Condition Due to the QTP Heat Sources -- 3. The Horizontal Distribution of (Q1) -- 4. The (Q1) Space/Time Variations -- 5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Rainfall Over Thailand During ENSO (1997-2000) Wonlee Nounmusig and Prungchan Wongwises -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Methodology -- 2.1. The observed data analysis -- 2.2. Model simulation -- 3. Results and Discussion -- 3.1. Observed monthly rainfall during rainy season -- 3.2. Model simulation -- 4. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Temporal and Spatial Variation of Cloud Measured with a Portable Automated Lidar Tatsuo Shiina, Toshio Honda, Nobuo Takeuchi, Gerry Bagtasa, Hiroaki Kuze, Akihiro Sone, Hirofumi Kan and Suekazu Naito -- 1. Introduction -- 2. PAL System -- 3. PAL Observation -- 4. Summary -- References -- Satellite-Observed 3D Moisture Structure and Air-Sea Interactions During Summer Monsoon Onset in the South China Sea Yongsheng Zhang and Tim Li -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Datasets -- 3. Results -- 4. Summary and Discussion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- East Asian Summer Monsoon and the Rainfall in East China Lu Xinyan, Zhang Xiuzhi and Chen Jinnian -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The EASM's Movement and Rain Belt in Eastern China -- 3. The Abrupt Changes of EASM in Interdecadal Timescale -- 4. The Variability of EASM and the Spatial Distribution of Rainfall in East China -- 5. Summary and Discussion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Formation of Tropical Cyclone Concentric Eyewalls by Wave-Mean Flow Interactions Jiayi Peng, Tim Li and Melinda S. Peng -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Model Description -- 2.1. The model -- 2.2. Experiment design.

2.3. Diagnosis method -- 3. Results -- 4. Summary -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Tropical Circulation Indices and Performances of Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall G. P. Singh, Jai-Ho Oh, S. N. Pandey and R. Bhatla -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Data and Procedure of Analysis -- 3. Results and Discussion -- 4. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- The Tropical Pacific-Indian Ocean Temperature Anomaly Mode and its Impact on Asian Climates Yang Hui and Li Chongyin -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Tropical Pacific-Indian Ocean Temperature Anomaly Mode -- 3. Influence of the Composite Index on Summer Climate in Asia -- 3.1. Rainfall and temperature in China -- 3.2. Rainfall in India -- 4. Impacts of the Pacific-Indian Ocean Temperature Anomaly Mode on Asian Climate Systems -- 5. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Boundary Layer Phenomena Observed by Continuously Operated, Temporary High-Resolution Lidar Nobuo Takeuchi, Gerry Bagtasa, Nofel Lagrosas, Hiroaki Kuze, Suekazu Naito, Makoto Wada, Akihiro Sone, Hirofumi Kan and Tatsuo Shiina -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Monitoring System -- 3. Available Data -- 4. Data Processing of Lidar Data -- 5. Features of Meteorological Data -- 6. Classification Based on Meteorological Conditions -- 6.1. Clear sky case -- 6.1.1. Summer case -- 6.1.2. Winter case -- 6.2. Rainy weather case -- 6.2.1. Summer case -- 6.2.2. Winter case -- 6.3. Sunshine and precipitation on the same day -- 6.3.1. Summer case -- 6.3.2. Winter case -- 6.4. Appearance of cloud-top-boundary layer -- 6.5. Frontal passage -- 6.5.1. A summer case -- 6.5.2. A winter case -- 6.6. Sudden change of cloud height -- 7. Summary -- References -- A Mie-Rayleigh-Sodium Fluorescence Lidar System for Atmospheric Detecting T. D. Chen, X. H. Xue and X. K. Dou -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Lidar System Configuration -- 3. Preliminary Experimental Results.

3.1. Na layer observation -- 3.1.1. Nocturnal variation -- 3.1.2. Seasonal variation -- 3.2. Atmosphere density and temperature observation -- 3.3. Aerosol observation -- 4. Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Anthropogenic Aerosol Radiative Forcing in the Indo-Gangetic Basin Sagnik Dey and S. N. Tripathi -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Methodology -- 2.1. Model features -- 2.2. Estimation of the anthropogenic fraction in ADRF -- 2.3. Uncertainty in anthropogenic ADRF -- 3. Results and Discussion -- 3.1. Spatio-temporal variations of ADRF in IGB -- 3.2. Anthropogenic contribution to aerosol DRF over the IGB -- 3.3. Implications to regional climate -- 4. Summary -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Precise Measurement of Polarization Plane Rotation of Propagating Beam Due to Atmospheric Discharge Tatsuo Shiina, Toshio Honda and Tetsuo Fukuchi -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Principle - Faraday E.ect -- 3. High-voltage Discharge Experiment -- 3.1. Experimental model -- 3.2. Simulation -- 4. Experiment -- 4.1. Experimental setup -- 4.2. Experimental result -- 5. Summary -- References -- Characteristics for Optical Properties of Background Aerosols,Water, and Dust Clouds Measured by Using Lidar Over Chung-Li, Taiwan C. W. Chiang, S. K. Das and J. B. Nee -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Lidar Methodology and Related Definitions -- 2.1. Lidar system -- 2.2. Background aerosol and cloud definitions -- 3. Results and Discussion -- 3.1. Optical properties of BGA and water clouds -- 3.2. Relationship between BGA and clouds -- 3.3. Characteristics of dust clouds -- 3.4. Source-dependent properties -- 4. Summary -- References -- A High-Resolution Simulation of Convective-Scale Transport of Dust Aerosol and its Representation in Cloud-Resolving Simulations Tetsuya Takemi -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Model Setup and Experimental Design -- 3. Results.

3.1. High-resolution simulation -- 3.2. Resolution dependence -- 3.3. Subgrid-scale updraft acceleration -- 4. Summary and Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Ice-Nucleating and Optical Properties of Ice Cloud Seeded by Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) L. N. Biswas, A. Hazra, P. Maiti, V. Mandal, U. K. De and K. Goswami -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Experiment -- 3. Theory for Optical Parameters -- 4. Experimental Results and Discussion -- 4.1. Variation of crystal count and dimension with seeding temperature in case of DMSO -- 4.2. Variation of crystal habit with seeding temperature in case of DMSO -- 4.3. Identification of coating of Ammonium Sulfate dust with DMSO by NMR -- 4.4. Variation of crystal count and dimension with seeding temperature in case of DMSOcoated Ammonium Sulfate -- 4.5. Variation of crystal habit with seeding temperature in case of DMSO coated with Ammonium Sulfate -- 4.6. Optical parameters when DMSO is seeded -- 4.7. Growth and decay of crystals -- 5. Conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Impact Assessment of Global Temperature Perturbations on Urban and Regional Ozone Levels in South Texas Jhumoor Biswas, Kuruvilla John and Zuber Farooqui -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Model Description -- 3. Methods -- 4. Results and Discussion -- 4.1. Base case model evaluation -- 4.2. Spatial impact of perturbed temperature on peak ozone concentrations -- 4.3. Peak ozone impacts at air quality monitoring sites in south texas -- 4.4. Spatial extent of ozone exceedances -- 4.5. Number of 8-h ozone exceedances -- 5. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References.

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