Monsoons • A seasonally varying wind • Created by a continental scale sea breeze • Famously, the NE & SW Monsoons over the Indian subcontinent • Other monsoons exist (American monsoon) • Seasonal monsoon winds change circulation in the Indian Ocean (Somali Curent)
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Monsoons A seasonally varying wind Created by a continental scale sea breeze Famously, the NE & SW Monsoons over the Indian subcontinent Other monsoons.
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Monsoons
• A seasonally varying wind
• Created by a continental scale sea breeze
• Famously, the NE & SW Monsoons over the
Indian subcontinent
• Other monsoons exist (American monsoon)
• Seasonal monsoon winds change circulation
in the Indian Ocean (Somali Curent)
Sea Breezes
Sea Breezes
Monsoon Processes
Monsoon Processes
Summer Winter
SW Monsoon NE Monsoon
Monsoon Winds
SW Monsoon NE Monsoon
Monsoon Winds
SW Monsoon NE Monsoon
Position of the Low Level Jet
Features of Indian Monsoon
•Coastline borders largest land
mass on planet & near the tropics
•Himalayas focus winds & create
orographic rains
•Glacial storage of freshwater
occurs
•Persistent low level winds (Somali or Findlater Jet)