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monsoon Map of climatic heat sources and heat sinks for Asian summer and winter monsoons. Wind and rainfall patterns of the Australian monsoon. Assam state, India: monsoon monsoon monsoon onset in Asia Average withdrawal date of the summer monsoon across South Asia. 2010 flooding in Pakistan Wind and rainfall patterns of the West African monsoon.
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monsoon: References & Edit History

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Modified link of Web site: National Weather Service - The Monsoon. May 13, 2024
Add new Web site: UCAR Center for Science Education - What Are Monsoons and Why Do They Happen? Nov 25, 2022
Add new Web site: Academia - Indian Monsoon. Sep 10, 2022
Add new Web site: LiveScience - What Is a Monsoon? Feb 06, 2019
Add new Web site: National Geographic - Monsoon. Feb 06, 2019
Text delineating each of the prominent monsoon regions and the monsoonal tendencies that occur in Europe and North America added. Aug 26, 2009
Article thoroughly revised with examples of heat sources and sinks and how monsoonal winds shift at their poleward limits. May 29, 2009
Media added. Aug 28, 2008
Added new Web site: National Weather Service - The Monsoon. Nov 19, 2007
Added new Web site: University of Nebraska - Monsoon. Nov 19, 2007
Added new Web site: Auroville Universal Township - Monsoon. Nov 19, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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