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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.

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., India). The Indian ...

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 months from southwest, ...

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 centered at the radar site, ...

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 meant characterized by a ...