Longitude describes the location of a place east or west from the Prime Meridian, a line which runs between the poles and through Greenwich, England. Latitude has a big effect on climate because latitude controls how much solar energy a location receives.

A monsoon climate is characterised by a dramatic seasonal change in direction of the prevailing winds of a region which brings a marked change in rainfall. Monsoons lead to distinct wet and dry seasons in many areas throughout the tropics and are most often associated with the Indian Ocean.

Intense low-pressure formation over the Tibetan Plateau. The permanent high-pressure cell in the South of the Indian Ocean. Subtropical jet stream. African Easterly jet (Tropical easterly jet)

Climate of India: 10 Factors which Influence the Climate of India

• Location and Latitudinal Extent: The mainland of India extends roughly from 8°N to 37°N and the Tropic of Cancer of passes through the middle of the country.
• Distance from the Sea:
• The Northern Mountain Ranges:
• Physiography:
• Monsoon Winds:
• Upper Air Circulation:
• El-Nino Effect:
• La Nina:

India hosts two climatic subtypes- tropical monsoon climate, tropical wet and dry climate that fall under this group. 1) The most humid is the tropical wet climate—also known as tropical monsoon climate—that covers a strip of southwestern lowlands abutting the Malabar Coast, the Western Ghats, and southern Assam.

Globally, the team of researchers found that as altitude rises, the rate of temperature change often accelerates. In the past 20 years, temperatures above 4,000 meters (13,120 feet) have warmed 75 percent faster than at altitudes below 2,000 meters (6,560 feet).

The mountains create a barrier to air moving eastward off the Pacific Ocean. When the moist, oceanic air encounters the mountains it begins to rise. The rising air cools as it moves up and over the mountains, and much of its moisture condenses, forming clouds and precipitation.

The similarities between a warm front and a cold front are: they are both fronts, they both form some type of clouds, they both produce some type of rain, they both make some kind of weather. Cold fronts are defined by cold air advancing, sliding under and displacing warmer air – they are steeper and move more quickly.

The density in simplest terms is a measure of number of air molecules in a given area. Higher the number of molecules, denser the air is. The sun rays heat up earth surface, which results in air (near the surface) getting warmer. Warm air rises up and cold air from the higher atmosphere replace it.

Warm air is less dense than cooler air. Air density varies with the relative humidity (amount of water vapor molecules in the air) along with temperature.