Dictionary definition: ‘burst of monsoon’

Article: Intraseasonal variability associated with wet monsoons in ...
Journal of Climate;  September 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... and shows monsoon "bursts" and "breaks" in a ... near 40 days. Thus, monsoon bursts and breaks seem to be ... the mature phase of the monsoon is associated with two ... Looking at extreme wet monsoons outside of the study ...

Article: Monsoon magic Not only is Rajasthan more beautiful In the ...
The Sunday Telegraph London;  July 26, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... with the operatic and magnificent monsoon of India." My Indian friend ... miserable. In India, when the monsoon bursts, it makes a billion people smile," she said. She's right. Monsoon for Indians is sweet and exhilarating ...

Article: Defining Intraseasonal Rainfall Variability within the North ...
Journal of Climate;  September 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... early start and a poor monsoon with a late start (Douglas ... tend to promote active monsoon convection (bursts) with southward shifts ... is the notion that the monsoon season consists of alternating burst and break periods and that ...

Dictionary definition: monsoon
A Dictionary of Geography;      597 words ...monsoon Colloquially, a sudden ... precipitation systems. Monsoons have been described in ... south‐west monsoon. This Asian monsoon is ... With this change, the monsoon ‘bursts’, giving heavy ...

Article: Clouds and Climate Change.(studying Arizona's monsoon ...
Focus;  March 22, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... celebrated the summer's first "monsoon burst" falling heavily around the truck ... force downdrafts. Rather, a monsoon burst is both a wet surge in the region ... large precipitation event. The monsoon is the lifeblood to a cattle rancher ...

Article: It's all cool again after first monsoon rain.
The Nation (Karachi, Pakistan);  July 18, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... cold midnight breeze and first burst of monsoon rain early Saturday morning turned ... sleepless nights but rejoiced with the monsoon early showers, though it took ... this year curtail our share of monsoon blessing by nearly one-third ...

India Monsoon Flooding
AP Images;  August 31, 2008 ;     302 words ... ... have been left homeless and scores killed in impoverished Bihar state in the two weeks since the monsoon-swollen Kosi river in neighboring Nepal burst its banks, dramatically changing course and spilling billions of gallons (liters) of water ...