Monsoon Season Essay

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INTRODUCTION In this report, a few topics will be discussed. The first topic that will be discussed is the monsoon weather system. The points include formation of monsoon, regions affected by monsoon as well as the atmospheric and oceanic process that occurs during Southwest and Northeast Monsoon. The second topic to be discussed is the trend of precipitation and temperature in Malaysia. The points include trend of precipitation according to region in Malaysia as well as variability of precipitation rate in different regions of Malaysia during monsoon seasons. The third topic will be focusing on the impacts of monsoon to regions affected by monsoon in terms of social economic impact as well as impact on wildlife. The forth topic will discuss …show more content…

Based on the study done by Suhaila et al. (2010), most regions in Peninsula Malaysia experience a decreasing trend in total amount of rainfall index during the Southwest Monsoon season especially at the east coast. On the contrary, increasing trend in total amount of rainfall index was observed in Peninsular Malaysia during Northeast …show more content…

According to the study done by Suhaila et al. (2010), the total amount of rainfall index is higher during Northeast Monsoon Season compared to Southwest Monsoon season. The largest average total amount of rainfall index was recorded along the eastern coast of Peninsular Malaysia. During the Northeast monsoon season, lowland areas and foothills in the east are directly exposed to the monsoon flow resulting in heavy rainfall in these areas. On the other hand, the highest total amount rainfall index was observed over the northwestern region of Peninsular Malaysia during Southwest Monsoon region especially inland areas. Large amount of rainfall of area in these areas may be influenced by their geographical features which are sheltered by the mountain range. According to Dale (1959), instead of higher altitude, largest amount of rain usually occurs over adjacent lowlands and foothills. On the contrary, lowest average amount of rain was found to occur along the western coast of Peninsula which is considered to be the driest part of wester

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