NPTEL : The monsoon and its variability (Atmospheric Science)

Co-ordinators : Prof. Sulochana Gadgil


Lecture 1 - Preamble and Introduction to the Indian Monsoon

Lecture 2 - Nature of the variability of the Indian Monsoon

Lecture 3 - Monsoon variability through the eye in the sky, seasonal variation of the surface wind and pressure

Lecture 4 - Background about the atmosphere and rotating systems

Lecture 5 - Rainfall and clouds over the tropics

Lecture 6 - Organization of clouds over mesoscale, synoptic scale and planetary scales

Lecture 7 - The Indian monsoon: is it a gigantic land-sea breeze?

Lecture 8 - Monsoons and the seasonal variation of tropical circulation and rainfall

Lecture 9 - Evolution of the ideas about the basic system responsible for the Indian monsoon - Part 1

Lecture 10 - Evolution of the ideas about the basic system responsible for the Indian monsoon - Part 2

Lecture 11 - Tropical Convergence Zones and the Indian monsoon - Part 1

Lecture 12 - Tropical Convergence Zones and the Indian monsoon - Part 2

Lecture 13 - Variability of organized convection over the tropical oceans

Lecture 14 - Heat lows and the TCZ

Lecture 15 - Monsoonal regions of the world

Lecture 16 - Seasonal transitions - Part 1 : spring to summer transition

Lecture 17 - Seasonal transitions - Part 2 : spring to summer transition

Lecture 18 - Seasonal transitions - Part 3 : Advance and retreat of the summer monsoon

Lecture 19 - Climatic clusters of the Indian region

Lecture 20 - Active-weak spells and breaks in the monsoon - Part 1

Lecture 21 - Active-weak spells and breaks in the monsoon - Part 2

Lecture 22 - Intraseasonal variation and intraseasonal oscillations

Lecture 23 - The tropical oceans

Lecture 24 - El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) - Part 1

Lecture 25 - El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) - Part 2

Lecture 26 - El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) - Part 3

Lecture 27 - El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) - Part 4

Lecture 28 - El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) - Part 5

Lecture 29 - El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) - Part 6

Lecture 30 - Indian Ocean and the monsoon - Part 1

Lecture 31 - Indian Ocean and the monsoon - Part 2

Lecture 32 - Indian Ocean Dipole - Part 1

Lecture 33 - Indian Ocean Dipole - Part 2

Lecture 34 - Interannual variation of the Indian summer Monsoon rainfall: Links to events over the Pacific and Equatorial Indian Ocean

Lecture 35 - Monsoon Variability and Agriculture - Part 1

Lecture 36 - Monsoon Variability and Agriculture - Part 2

Lecture 37 - Monsoon Variability and Agriculture - Part 3

Lecture 38 - Monsoon Variability and Agriculture - Part 4

Lecture 39 - Indian Summer Monsoon, GDP and Agriculture

Lecture 40 - Monsoon Prediction - Part 1

Lecture 41 - Monsoon Prediction - Part 2

Lecture 42 - Concluding Remarks