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Monsoons

By concentrating the solar energy reaching the ocean onto the land these seasonal winds bring water to half of the people of the earth. Computer simulations may soon predict their dry and rainy phases

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 245 Issue 2This article was originally published with the title “Monsoons” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 245 No. 2 (), p. 108
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0881-108