Received wisdom about the main driver of the South Asian monsoon comes into question with a report that tests the idea that the Himalayas, not the Tibetan plateau, are the essential topographic ingredient.
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Cane, M. A moist model monsoon. Nature 463, 163–164 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/463163a
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