Open AccessMonsoon Definitions
Author(s) -
C. R. V. Raman
Publication year - 1964
Publication title -
mausam
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.243
H-Index - 12
ISSN - 0252-9416
DOI - 10.54302/mausam.v15i2.5536
Subject(s) - monsoon , climatology , meteorology , geography , environmental science , geology
While mariners have, for long, associated monsoon with winds, description of monsoonal circulations over land has invariably been designed to explain primarily their rainfall effects. A rainfall oriented definition of monsoon bas several limitations. An attempt has been made in this presentation to define monsoon by some consistent low level circulation feature which will have universal application, irrespective of place and time.