In this post, a look at the basic processes of our monsoons.
In these two videos, you will see how the monsoons work, including the climate controls at work and the actual processes that result in both the southwest and the northeast monsoons over India.
In the above videos, you have seen the differences in the heating of land and oceans. Here is a picture gallery of scenes from the heat wave in northern India and other places. (This is an external link)
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- Which climatic controls were discussed in each of the above videos and which ones were not?
- Do monsoons occur only in India? If not, where else do they occur?
- How do land and water differ in how fast they heat and cool?
- How do these differences create different types of pressure?
- When you consider pressure, in which direction does wind move?
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Featured image: Annual rainfall along the Western Ghat region. (Source) Accessed: 18 May 2022
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