https://padlet.com/james_scott_pierson/nse8t0dg6sr4 Author: James Pierson en-us 2017-04-08 16:00:51 UTC 2026-02-03 14:52:36 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Bigthunderstorm.png james_scott_pierson https://padlet.com/james_scott_pierson/nse8t0dg6sr4/wish/165513720 by James Pierson]]> 2017-04-08 16:06:29 UTC https://padlet.com/james_scott_pierson/nse8t0dg6sr4/wish/165513720 james_scott_pierson https://padlet.com/james_scott_pierson/nse8t0dg6sr4/wish/165514125 As the title states, monsoons happen in south-east Asia. They are also common in West Africa and Northern Australia. Below is a map which shows the target area and how much rainfall they get during the wet season of monsoons.]]> 2017-04-08 16:13:33 UTC https://padlet.com/james_scott_pierson/nse8t0dg6sr4/wish/165514125 james_scott_pierson https://padlet.com/james_scott_pierson/nse8t0dg6sr4/wish/165514343 A monsoon is the seasonal changes in the circulation of air in the atmosphere, in addition to the rain associated with the different temperatures of the land and the sea. This includes a wet phase (which is usually what people refer to when they bring up monsoons) and a dry phase.]]> 2017-04-08 16:18:09 UTC https://padlet.com/james_scott_pierson/nse8t0dg6sr4/wish/165514343 james_scott_pierson https://padlet.com/james_scott_pierson/nse8t0dg6sr4/wish/165514740 Here is a video explaining monsoons, with a focus on India.]]> 2017-04-08 16:26:51 UTC https://padlet.com/james_scott_pierson/nse8t0dg6sr4/wish/165514740 james_scott_pierson https://padlet.com/james_scott_pierson/nse8t0dg6sr4/wish/165514939 As mentioned before, monsoons are caused by differences in temperatures between the land and the sea. The main cause of this is that water has a much higher heat capacity (the higher it is, the more difficult it is to change temperature) than land. This means that the temperature on land will fluctuate much more than the ocean during different seasons.

During summer, the land will heat up much faster than the ocean. This means the air above the land will expand and have a lower relative pressure than the area over the water. This will cause the moist air over the ocean to flow to the land. This air will then rise and cool, lowering its ability to carry water, and causing the rain monsoons are associated with.

In the winter, the opposite happens. Since the ocean is warmer, the air over it has a lower pressure, causing air to flow from land to ocean. The air rises and causes rain. On land, this usually means very little rainfall and drought, since all of the rain is happening elsewhere]]> 2017-04-08 16:31:08 UTC https://padlet.com/james_scott_pierson/nse8t0dg6sr4/wish/165514939 james_scott_pierson https://padlet.com/james_scott_pierson/nse8t0dg6sr4/wish/165515882 Here is an image of the different wind patterns during the winter and summer months of a monsoon.]]> 2017-04-08 16:49:36 UTC https://padlet.com/james_scott_pierson/nse8t0dg6sr4/wish/165515882 james_scott_pierson https://padlet.com/james_scott_pierson/nse8t0dg6sr4/wish/165516158 Here is an article and video explaining monsoons]]> 2017-04-08 16:55:38 UTC https://padlet.com/james_scott_pierson/nse8t0dg6sr4/wish/165516158 james_scott_pierson https://padlet.com/james_scott_pierson/nse8t0dg6sr4/wish/165516214 Wwwcbcca. (2017). Wwwcbcca. Retrieved 8 April, 2017, from http://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/episodes/mystery-of-the-moonsoon

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