.. _recipes_monsoon:

.. include:: ../../common.txt

Monsoon
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This assessment is available via |AutoAssess|.

Overview
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This diagnostic analyses the South and East Asian monsoon.


Available recipes and diagnostics
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The assessment code is available from the `AutoAssess`_ repository.


User settings in recipe
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There are no user settings for this recipe


Variables
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Fixed Variables:

* sftlf (atmos, fixed, longitude latitude)

Daily Mean Variables:

* pr (atmos, daily mean, longitude latitude time)
* ua (850) (atmos, daily mean, longitude latitude time)
* va (850) (atmos, daily mean, longitude latitude time)

Monthly Mean Variables:

* pr (atmos, monthly mean, longitude latitude time)
* ua (850, 200) (atmos, monthly mean, longitude latitude plev time)
* va (850, 200) (atmos, monthly mean, longitude latitude plev time)
* psl (atmos, monthly mean, longitude latitude time)
* tas (atmos, monthly mean, longitude latitude time)
* uas (atmos, monthly mean, longitude latitude time)
* "Column integrated u*q" (atmos, monthly mean, longitude latitude time)

Seasonal Mean Variables:

* pr (atmos, seasonal mean, longitude latitude time)
* ua (850, 300, 200) (atmos, seasonal mean, longitude latitude plev time)
* va (850, 300, 200) (atmos, seasonal mean, longitude latitude plev time)
* zg (850, 500) (atmos, seasonal mean, longitude latitude plev time)
* psl (atmos, seasonal mean, longitude latitude time)
* tas (atmos, seasonal mean, longitude latitude time)
* uas (atmos, seasonal mean, longitude latitude time)


Observations and reformat scripts
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* ECMWF Reanalysis (ERA-Interim?) (psl, ua, va, uas, zg)
* Climate Research Unit (CRU-TS 3.23? tmp) (tas)
* GPCP (vn2.2?) (pr)


References
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There is no reference for this recipe.

Example plots
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.. figure:: monsoon_overview.png
   :scale: 50 %
   :alt: NAC plot for Monsoon area

   This is the summary overview of metrics from the Monsoon assessment.

.. figure:: monsoon_east.png
   :scale: 50 %
   :alt: East Asian monsoon metrics

   These are the East Asian Monsoon metrics.

.. figure:: monsoon_east_indices.png
   :scale: 50 %
   :alt: East Asian monsoon indices

   These are the East Asian Monsoon indices.

.. figure:: monsoon_east_other.png
   :scale: 50 %
   :alt: Other miscellaneous East Asian Monsoon metrics

   These are other miscellaneous East Asian Monsoon metrics.

.. figure:: monsoon_south.png
   :scale: 50 %
   :alt: South Asian monsoon metrics

   These are the South Asian Monsoon metrics.

.. figure:: monsoon_south_indices.png
   :scale: 50 %
   :alt: South Asian monsoon indices

   These are the South Asian Monsoon indices.

.. figure:: monsoon_south_other.png
   :scale: 50 %
   :alt: Other miscellaneous South Asian Monsoon metrics

   These are other miscellaneous South Asian Monsoon metrics.