Meteorology

Meteorology

A database of terms pertaining to the scientific study of the atmosphere.

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Meteorology

A seasonal low found over a continent in the summer and over the adjacent sea in the winter. Examples are the lows over the southwestern United States and India in summer and those located off lower ...

Monsoon gyre

Weather; Meteorology

A convection of the summer monsoon circulation of the western North Pacific characterised by 1) a very large nearly circular low-level cyclonic vortex (not the result of the expanding wind field of a ...

Monsoon fog

Weather; Meteorology

(Rare. ) An advection fog produced as a monsoon circulation that transports warm moist air over a colder surface.

Monsoon depression

Weather; Meteorology

A depression that forms within the monsoon trough. The term is most frequently used to describe weak cyclonic disturbances that form over the Bay of Bengal and generally track northwestward over the ...

Monsoon current

Weather; Meteorology

A seasonal, eastward flowing ocean current of the Indian Ocean. See North Equatorial Current, North Equatorial Countercurrent, South Equatorial Countercurrent.

Monsoon climate

Weather; Meteorology

Type of climate found in regions subject to monsoons and characterised by a dry winter and a wet summer. The monsoon climate is best developed on the fringes of the Tropics (e.g., India). The Indian ...

Monsoon

Weather; Meteorology

(Derived from Arabic mausim, a season. ) A name for seasonal winds. It was first applied to the winds over the Arabian Sea, which blow for six months from northeast and for six months from southwest, ...