GEOG 102 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: East Asian Monsoon, Monsoon Trough, Monsoon Of South Asia

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Large-scale variability in the tropical atmospheric circulation - the southern oscillation and. Monsoon: a seasonal prevailing wind in the region of south and southeast asia, blowing from the southwest between may and september and bringing rain (the wet monsoon), or from the northeast between october and april (the dry monsoon). Definition: a monsoon is a seasonal change in wind direction. Climatic systems anywhere in which the moisture increases dramatically in the warm season. African, asian (two subsystems: indian monsoon, east asian monsoon), and. Describe the differences between an east asian monsoon summer and a monsoon winter. Definition: a region of intense horizontal shear and low atmospheric pressure at sea level. Monsoon trough is formed over northern india in northern hemisphere summer as part of global itcz. North of trough = easterly winds r. gov/users/comet/tropical/textbook_2nd_edition/navmenu. php_tab_4_page_5. 3. 0. htm http://www. goes- Break: period of rainfall decrease (or absent) Important subsistence agricultural period for tropical countries: june - september.