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No. 24 July 2015
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Photo: Rohan Shrestha
Monsoon Weather and its Impact on Airlines Flying 1. What is Climatology -hnjfo'_? -Climatology is the science that
2. What is weather -df};d_? -Weather is “The day to day state
3. What is Monsoon? -The word monsoon is derived from
seeks to describe and explain the
of the atmosphere consists of short-
the Arabic word ‘mausim’ or from the
nature of climate, why it differs from
term variations of energy and mass
Malayan word Monism, which means
place to place, and how it is related
exchanges within the atmosphere
season. The word ‘monsoon’ is applied
to other elements of the natural
and between the earth and the
to such a circulation, which reverses
environment and human activities.”
atmosphere.”
its wind direction every six months, i.e.
–by Critchfield 1987
–Critchfield 1987
from summer to winter and winter to
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