25 Questions about the Weather in Southeast Asia
(1) How does SEA's close proximity to the Earth's equator affect its climate (and therefore the weather)? This is for slackers like me who often daydreamed in Geography class. (2) Why is the weather in SEA so much more predictable than . . . say . . . that of North America and Western Europe? Why? Why? Why? (3) What is the ITCZ and does it have to have so many consonants in its abbreviation? I've always found this a little bit intimidating, to be honest. (4) What, exactly, is a maritime tropical air mass (mT) and why does it create instability as it approaches land? (5) Why are winds usually calmer the closer you get to the equator? And is the correct spelling sailors use for this area really "doldrums" because it's always seemed to me it should be spelt "dulldrums"? (6) What is the Coriolis Effect in the tropics and what is ...