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    The document discusses different atmospheric phenomena including sea breezes, land breezes, monsoons, and the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ). It explains that sea breezes occur during the day as warm air over land rises and is replaced by cooler air from the sea, while land breezes occur at night as the pattern reverses. Monsoons are seasonal reversal of winds that bring wet and dry seasons over large areas. The Philippines experiences the northeast and southwest monsoons. The ITCZ is where winds converge near the equator, causing rising air, cloud formation, and monsoon rainfall.

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    The document discusses different atmospheric phenomena including sea breezes, land breezes, monsoons, and the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ). It explains that sea breezes occur during the day as warm air over land rises and is replaced by cooler air from the sea, while land breezes occur at night as the pattern reverses. Monsoons are seasonal reversal of winds that bring wet and dry seasons over large areas. The Philippines experiences the northeast and southwest monsoons. The ITCZ is where winds converge near the equator, causing rising air, cloud formation, and monsoon rainfall.

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    The document discusses different atmospheric phenomena including sea breezes, land breezes, monsoons, and the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ). It explains that sea breezes occur during the day as warm air over land rises and is replaced by cooler air from the sea, while land breezes occur at night as the pattern reverses. Monsoons are seasonal reversal of winds that bring wet and dry seasons over large areas. The Philippines experiences the northeast and southwest monsoons. The ITCZ is where winds converge near the equator, causing rising air, cloud formation, and monsoon rainfall.

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    Atmospheric Phenomena

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    The document discusses different atmospheric phenomena including sea breezes, land breezes, monsoons, and the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ). It explains that sea breezes occur during the day as warm air over land rises and is replaced by cooler air from the sea, while land breezes occur at night as the pattern reverses. Monsoons are seasonal reversal of winds that bring wet and dry seasons over large areas. The Philippines experiences the northeast and southwest monsoons. The ITCZ is where winds converge near the equator, causing rising air, cloud formation, and monsoon rainfall.

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    Atmospheric Phenomena:

    Breezes, Monsoon, and


    Intertropical Convergence Zone
    (ITCZ)
    • In the the shown figure (Figure 6), warm air above
    the land surface rises. This is because the sun heats
    up land more quickly than water. When the air
    above land is heated, it expands and begins to rise.
    The cooler air from above the surface of the sea
    moves toward the land to replace the rising air. This
    movement of air creates a local wind known as sea
    breeze. Sea breeze occurs at daytime and provides a
    cooling effect on those near the shore.
    • At night, the land cools
    faster than the sea. Thus,
    the warm air above the
    sea surface pulls in the
    cooler air from the land
    surface. This local wind is
    known as the land breeze.
    Sea and land breezes over
    a large region that change
    direction with the seasons
    are called monsoons.
    What are Monsoons?
    • The local winds created from the differential
    heating of land and sea can also be felt over a
    much larger geographic area or region. This is
    a major wind system known as monsoons.
    Monsoons are characterized by a dramatic
    seasonal change in the direction of the
    prevailing winds over a large area. This change
    in the direction of the prevailing winds brings
    about changes in the amount of rainfall and
    leads to the distinct wet and dry seasons.
    There are two kinds of monsoons which are
    experienced in the country-the northeast
    monsoon and southwest monsoon.
    • The northeast monsoon
    locally known as amihan in
    the Philippines affects the
    eastern parts of the country
    from October to March. This
    is brought by the cold air
    mass that comes from Siberia
    and gathers moisture as it
    travels over the Pacific
    Ocean. Amihan is
    characterized by widespread
    cloudiness with slight to
    moderate rainfall and
    prevailing cold winds.
    • The southwest monsoon or habagat
    affects the western part of the country
    from July to September. It is
    characterized by heavy rainfall, humid
    weather and bring the rainy season to
    the western parts of the country.
    Habagat is brought about by the cool
    air from the high pressure area in the
    Australian continent absorbing
    moisture by passing over the warm
    equatorial oceans. The air, now laden
    with water vapor, cools as it moves
    north and as it rises over land. The air
    can no longer hold its moisture and
    falls huge volume of rainfall.
    • We always hear about the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) in
    weather reports. ITCZ is the place where winds in the tropics meet or
    converge. Because the equator is warmer than the North and South
    poles, the cooler air is drawn towards the equator to replace the
    rising warm air. Vapor pressure condenses as air rises and cools in the
    ITCZ, forming clouds and rain. This is where monsoon rainfall occurs.
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