INDIAN MONSOON VARIABILITY: Contact Clarck Zhao

CAPTION: India and Himalayas from MODIS on December 4, 2001. Dasuopu Glacier (28°23’N, 85°43’E) is located on the flank of Xixabangma.

In 1997, a 156.9m long ice core was extracted at a high elevation site (7,020m asl) from the Dasuopu Glacier (28°23’N, 85°43’E) on the flank of Xixabangma in the Himalayas. The Dasuopu site is located within the footprint of the Asian summer monsoon (ASM) and it has been suggested that snow accumulation at the site (DSA) is a suitable proxy to study variability in ASM. Present research shows that there exists links between the DSA and global circulations