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Probing the monsoon pulse

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Identification of long-term changes in periods of extreme heavy and weak rainfall during the Indian monsoon season has been elusive. Now, an observational study provides the firmest evidence so far.

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Figure 1: During the South Asian summer monsoon season the weather fluctuates between wet and dry spells, which are periods of heavy and weak rainfall.

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  1. Massimo A. Bollasina is at the School of GeoSciences, The University of Edinburgh, Grant Institute, The King's Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JW, UK,

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Bollasina, M. Probing the monsoon pulse. Nature Clim Change 4, 422–423 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2243

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