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    Climate (Ix) Rationalised

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    The document discusses the monsoon season in India, including how it is caused by seasonal reversal of winds, its advancing and retreating phases, rainfall distribution across India, and how the monsoon acts as a unifying factor.

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    Climate (Ix) Rationalised

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    The document discusses the monsoon season in India, including how it is caused by seasonal reversal of winds, its advancing and retreating phases, rainfall distribution across India, and how the monsoon acts as a unifying factor.

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    CLIMATE(IX) RATIONALISED[1]

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    The document discusses the monsoon season in India, including how it is caused by seasonal reversal of winds, its advancing and retreating phases, rainfall distribution across India, and how the monsoon acts as a unifying factor.

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    Climate (Ix) Rationalised

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    Gaurav Aggarwal
    The document discusses the monsoon season in India, including how it is caused by seasonal reversal of winds, its advancing and retreating phases, rainfall distribution across India, and how the monsoon acts as a unifying factor.

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    Inverse relation of Temperature

    and Pressure

    • High temperature Air will expand and rise up


    creating a Low pressure
    • Wind starts to blow from high pressure to
    low pressure
    Humidity
    • Humidity is the concentration of water vapor
    present in the air.
    • Water vapor, the gaseous state of water, is
    generally invisible to the human eye.

    Wind
    • Moving mass of air.
    • The wind is caused by differences in the
    atmospheric pressure.
    • When a difference in atmospheric pressure
    exists, air moves from the higher to the lower
    pressure area, resulting in winds of various
    speeds.
    Monsoon

    • The word monsoon is derived from the


    Arabic word ‘mausim’ literally means
    season.
    • ‘Monsoon’ refers to the seasonal reversal
    in the wind direction during a year.
    Advancing Monsoon
    (The Rainy Season)
    3. ADVANCING MONSOON ( THE RAINY SEASON)
    • South-east trade winds originate over the warm subtropical areas of the
    southern oceans.
    • They cross the equator and blow in a south-westerly direction entering the
    Indian peninsula as the south-west monsoon.
    • The monsoon winds cover the country in about a month.
    • Mawsynram in the southern ranges of the Khasi Hills receives the highest
    average rainfall in the world.
    • A phenomenon associated with the monsoon is its tendency to have
    ‘breaks’ in rainfall.
    • These breaks in monsoon are related to the movement of the monsoon
    trough. The trough and its axis keep on moving northward or southward
    and determine the spatial distribution of rainfall.
    • The frequency and intensity of tropical depressions also determine the
    amount and duration of monsoon rains. The monsoon is known for its
    uncertainties.
    • The alternation of dry and wet spells varies in intensity, frequency and
    duration.
    4. Retreating/Post Monsoons (The Transition Season)
    • The months of October-November form a period of transition
    from hot rainy season to dry winter conditions.
    • The retreat of the monsoon is marked by clear skies and rise in
    temperature.
    • While day temperatures are high, nights are cool and pleasant.
    Owing to the conditions of high temperature and humidity, the
    weather becomes rather oppressive during the day. This is
    commonly known as ‘October heat’.
    • In the second half of October, the mercury begins to fall rapidly
    in northern India.
    DISTRIBUTION OF RAINFALL

    • Parts of the western coast and northeastern India receive over


    about 400 cm of rainfall annually.
    • Rainfall is less than 60 cm in western Rajasthan and adjoining
    parts of Gujarat, Haryana and Punjab.
    • Rainfall is low in the interior of the Deccan plateau, and east of
    the Sahyadris.
    • Snowfall is restricted to the Himalayan region.
    • The annual rainfall is highly variable from year to year.
    MONSOON AS A UNIFYING BOND

    • The unifying influence of the monsoon on the Indian


    subcontinent is quite noticeable. The seasonal alteration of
    the wind systems and the associated weather conditions
    provide a rhythmic cycle of seasons. The uncertainties of
    rain and uneven distribution are very much typical of the
    monsoon. These monsoon winds bind the whole country
    by providing water to set the agricultural activities in
    motion.

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