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monsoon current

Weather; Meteorology

A seasonal, eastward flowing ocean current of the Indian Ocean. See North Equatorial Current, North Equatorial Countercurrent, South Equatorial Countercurrent.

monsoon climate

Weather; Meteorology

Type of climate found in regions subject to monsoons and characterized by a dry winter and a wet summer. The monsoon climate is best developed on the fringes of the Tropics (e.g., ...

monsoon

Weather; Meteorology

(Derived from Arabic mausim, a season. ) A name for seasonal winds. It was first applied to the winds over the Arabian Sea, which blow for six months from northeast and for six ...

monochromatic radiation

Weather; Meteorology

Radiation taken over a sufficiently small spectral interval that the radiance is invariant with wavelength. Compare narrowband radiation, broadband radiation.

monostatic radar

Weather; Meteorology

The most common radar system configuration, with the radar receiver at the same location as the radar transmitter. In such a system, surfaces of constant range are spheres ...

monochromatic

Weather; Meteorology

1. Characterized by a single frequency. For example, a monochromatic (or time harmonic) electromagnetic wave is one with a single frequency. Although monochromatic originally ...