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The monsoon and its variability

Sulochana Gadgil · IISc Bangalore

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Lectures

Introduction to the Indian monsoon and its variability

  1. Preamble and Introduction to the Indian Monsoon Video
  2. Nature of the variability of the Indian Monsoon Video
  3. Monsoon variability through the eye in the sky, seasonal variation of the surface wind and pressure Video

Background: Atmospheric pressure, temperature, rotating systems

  1. Background about the atmosphere and rotating systems Video

Tropical Convection and rainfall

  1. Rainfall and clouds over the tropics Video
  2. Organization of clouds over mesoscale, synoptic scale and planetary scales Video

Basic System responsible for the monsoon

  1. The Indian monsoon: is it a gigantic land-sea breeze? Video
  2. Monsoons and the seasonal variation of tropical circulation and rainfall Video
  3. Evolution of the ideas about the basic system responsible for the Indian monsoon - Part 1 Video
  4. Evolution of the ideas about the basic system responsible for the Indian monsoon - Part 2 Video

Tropical Convergence Zones (TCZs) and the Indian monsoon

  1. Tropical Convergence Zones and the Indian monsoon - Part 1 Video
  2. Tropical Convergence Zones and the Indian monsoon - Part 2 Video

Convection over the oceans

  1. Variability of organized convection over the tropical oceans Video

Heat lows, TCZ, monsoonal regions

  1. Heat lows and the TCZ Video
  2. Monsoonal regions of the world Video

Seasonal transitions, climatic clusters

  1. Seasonal transitions -Part 1: spring to summer transition Video
  2. Seasonal transitions - Part 2: : spring to summer transition Video
  3. Seasonal transitions - Part 3: Advance and retreat of the summer monsoon Video
  4. Climatic clusters of the Indian region Video

Intraseasonal variation

  1. Active-weak spells and breaks in the monsoon - Part 1 Video
  2. Active-weak spells and breaks in the monsoon - Part2 Video
  3. Intraseasonal variation and intraseasonal oscillations Video

Background-Tropical Oceans

  1. The tropical oceans Video

El Nino and Southern Oscillation (ENSO)

  1. El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Part 1 Video
  2. El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Part 2 Video
  3. El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Part 3 Video
  4. El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Part 4 Video
  5. El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Part 5 Video
  6. El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Part 6 Video

Indian Ocean and the Monsoon

  1. Indian Ocean and the monsoon - Part 1 Video
  2. Indian Ocean and the monsoon - Part 2 Video
  3. Indian Ocean Dipole - Part 1 Video
  4. Indian Ocean Dipole - Part 2 Video

Interannual variation of the Indian summer Monsoon rainfall

  1. Interannual variation of the Indian summer Monsoon rainfall: Links to events over the Pacific and Equatorial Indian Ocean Video

Monsoon Variability, Agriculture and Economy

  1. Monsoon Variability and Agriculture - Part 1 Video
  2. Monsoon Variability and Agriculture - Part 2 Video
  3. Monsoon Variability and Agriculture - Part 3 Video
  4. Monsoon Variability and Agriculture - Part 4 Video
  5. Indian Summer Monsoon, GDP and Agriculture Video

Monsoon Prediction

  1. Monsoon Prediction – Part 1 Video
  2. Monsoon Prediction - Part 2 Video

Concluding Remarks

  1. Concluding Remarks Video

Syllabus and materials

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Credits and licence

Institution
IISc Bangalore
Department
Atmospheric Science
Teacher
Sulochana Gadgil
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Earth and environment
Source
NPTEL
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