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Ask a Geologist: Monsoons By: Mark Yu https://gili-lankanfushi.com/blog- post/staying-afloat-maldives-monsoon- season/

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Ask a Geologist:Monsoons

By: Mark Yu

https://gili-lankanfushi.com/blog-post/staying-afloat-maldives-monsoon-season/

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About Me

Mark Yu● Local (WW-P South 2011) but

grew up all over the world

● 4th year PhD Student at Rutgers EPS

● Undergraduate degree from University of Rochester

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About MeMark Yu● Was born in southern

China● Moved to Denmark at

age 6● Moved to the United

States (NJ) at age 8● Went to 12 different

schools before college

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● My favorite microfossil is Neogloboquadrina dutertrei

● My favorite mineral is calcite!

http://www.i-pi.com/~diana/slime/corrosion/calcite/

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Why I care about monsoons Is there a way to study monsoons?

Google Earth

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What is a monsoon?Seasonal change in wind direction that results in wet and dry seasons

From the Arabic word “mausim” meaning season

National Geographic

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Monsoons● Seasonally reversing winds and rains due to lower heat

capacity of land compared the oceans

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Mohtadi et al., 2016

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Mohtadi et al., 2016

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What is specific heat capacity?

● Amount of energy (heat) required to raise the temperature of a material by one degree

● Water - 4186 J/kg °CSoil (dry) - 800 J/kg °CSand, quartz - 830 J/kg °C

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South Asian Monsoon● Monsoonal

rains account for 80% of rainfall in India

● Agriculture and economics

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National Geographic

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https://www.netweather.tv/weather-forecasts/news/9688-monsoon-weather-systems-around-the-world

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Intertropical Convergence Zone

Yu et al., 2018

● Where the northeast and southwest trade winds converge

● Part of the ascending branch of the Hadley cell and associated with the monsoons

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The Boston Globe, Leanne Burden Seidel

Observed precipitation over Mumbai, India (metoblue.com)

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Summer Monsoon

● Summer monsoon (April to September)

● Abrupt, heavy rainfall

● Potential for flooding and damages

CNN

Encyclopædia Britannica

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Winter Monsoon

● Winter monsoon (October to April)

● Winds blow from central Asian

● Gradual change

hindustantimes.com

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NASA Earth Observatory

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How Do We Study Them?● Caves ● Corals● Marine

Sediments● Lake Sediments● Loess and clay

minerals● Ice Cores ● Tree Rings● Atmospheric

Models

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IsoCamp, University of Utah

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Coral Records

https://scitechdaily.com/worrying-indian-ocean-phenomenon-spells-climate-trouble-for-australia/

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Ice Cores from Himalayan Plateau

Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, OSU

NASA

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Other Terrestrial Records Muhs et al., 2014

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Marine Sediment CoresGeochemistryMicropaleontologySedimentology

http://blogs.nature.com/news/2013/11/us-ocean-drilling-ship-gets-a-new-lease-on-life.html

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Ocean Exploration and Coring

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NASA/NOAA

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High-Resolution Long Term Records

Monsoon, El Nino, Indian Ocean Dipole, and extropical connections

Model Predictions

Many opportunities for young, curious scientists!

NOAA

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