Table of Contents

Preface.- Chapter 1. Simple dynamic frameworks for tropical atmosphere and ocean.- Chapter 2. Role of air-sea interaction in shaping tropical mean climate.- Chapter 3. Madden-Julian oscillation.- Chapter 4. Tropical cyclone formation.- Chapter 5. Dynamics of El-Nino-southern oscillation.- Chapter 6. Monsoon dynamics and its interactions with ocean.

About the Author

Tim Li is professor of Meteorology in the University of Hawaiia at Manoa. His research interests are Climate dynamics, Atmosphere-ocean interaction, ENSO dynamics, Asian-Australian monsoon variability, Tropospheric Biennial Oscillation (TBO), Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD), MJO and tropical cyclone dynamics. He has published more than 200 professional referred papers and has more then eighteen years experience teaching Dynamic Meteorology and Tropical Climate Dynamics and Modeling at the University of Hawaii.

Pang-Chi Hsu is professor at the College of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology. Her research interests are Global monsoon and climate change, Dynamics of Madden-Julian Oscillation, and Subseasonal to seasonal prediction.