Describe and explain the formation and effects of the monsoon winds of southern Asia
What will be an ideal response?
The unequal heating between the Indian Ocean and Asian land mass drives the southern Asia monsoon. As a result of continentality and the movement of the ITCZ, a large difference between summer and winter temperatures of the Asian land mass exists. During the Northern Hemisphere winter, an intense high pressure cell dominates the continent, while the ITCZ is over the central part of the Indian Ocean. This carries cold, dry winds from the Asian interior southward across India, dessicating the landscape. During the summer, the ITCZ shifts northward over southern Asia, developing a low pressure system over the land. Meanwhile, a subtropic high pressure dominates over the Indian Ocean. The pressure gradients results in hot, subtropical air sweeping over the Indian Ocean towards India, producing high evaporation rates and bring moisture laden air to the continent.
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