The word monsoon comes from the Arabic word “mausim,” which means season. This is a fitting way to describe the period when rainstorms are more prevalent in the desert. "A monsoon is a large-scale ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Toward the end of every year, the Northeast Indian Monsoon (NEM) batters southern India with torrents of driving rain, but climatologists have never precisely defined when the ...

Researchers have used detailed surface temperature analyses to develop the first-ever objective definition of the Northeast Indian Monsoon. Toward the end of every year, the Northeast Indian Monsoon ...