Updated 15 December 2006

OUR CHANGING PLANET
The U.S. Climate Change Science Program
for Fiscal Year 2007

A Report by the Climate Change Science Program and
The Subcommittee on Global Change Research
A Supplement to the President's Fiscal Year 2007 Budget

Figure 40. Reversal in Wind Direction
during the Southwest Monsoon.

OCP07-Fig-40

This schematic shows the reversal in wind direction during the southwestern monsoon (June to September) resulting from changes in the land-sea pressure gradient. Credit: J.I. Goes, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences.

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OUR CHANGING PLANET The U.S. Climate Change Science Program for Fiscal Year 2007

Figure 40. Reversal in Wind Directionduring the Southwest Monsoon.

OUR CHANGING PLANET
The U.S. Climate Change Science Program
for Fiscal Year 2007

Figure 40. Reversal in Wind Direction
during the Southwest Monsoon.