India: climate and the monsoon
Factors of India's climate
Concepts to cover
- Latitude, the Himalaya as a barrier, land-sea distribution, altitude, relief and distance from the sea
- Surface pressure and winds; upper-air circulation; western disturbances and tropical cyclones
- Monsoon unity with regional diversity: temperature and rainfall extremes across India
- Winter: high pressure over north-west, north-east trade winds, land to sea, dry season; north-east monsoon rain on the Tamil Nadu coast