| Papers [1-14] of 100 :: [Page 1 of 8] | | Go to page : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 —> | Search results on "MONSOON WEATHER": |
|
|
|
Monsoon Weather, 2006.
Through an annotated bibliography, the paper examines the effects of the monsoon.
1,878 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 15 sources, APA, £ 41.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
The paper discusses the monsoon, one of the most intense climate phenomena in the world. Global weather patterns rely on monsoon rains and weather conditions, and individuals within the monsoon climate areas rely heavily on the monsoon rains for agricultural production and water supplies. Variations in these monsoon climates can produce deadly results, including drought, flood, and a lack of food supplies. By understanding the basics behind the monsoon climate, and its weather patterns, it is possible to comprehend the global effects of this climate pattern. The paper provides information on a variety of different media sources regarding the monsoon climate, its causes, effects on other regional weather patterns, and effects on global production through an
annotated bibliography. Additionally, the resources provide information regarding the prediction of those monsoon variations in an effort to assist residents in predicting proper growth seasons.
From the Paper
"This chapter focuses on the major influences over the weather and climate of tropic regions, including the conditions that create the monsoon season in summer, as well as monsoon depressions, north-east monsoon flows, south-west monsoon flows, and the seasonal conditions which cause the monsoon climate. This is of particular interest, in that the authors carefully and meticulously examine each season in Asia in relation to its effect on the creation of a monsoon climate. This chapter's focus is on the monsoon climate in detail, so its usefulness in examining this weather pattern cannot be exagerated. Further, the information is recent, providing the latest information available about the monsoon weather climate."
| |
|
Weather Effects on Animals, 2001.
A look at the link between weather, seasons and animal behavior.
1,000 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 0 sources, £ 24.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
This paper is mostly about seasonal weather effects on humans. It discusses the correlation between long dark winters and suicide rates, seasonal affective disorder, the lowering of immunity from infections in cold weather and the spread of disease in hot weather. Also mentioned are the effects on animals of El Nino and how weather changes bring certain predators and prey closer together.
From the paper;
"Weather is the No. 1 talked about topic among people. Just for small talk and conversation?s sake, the state of the weather is always brought up. Weather has a deeper effect on animals than determining what to wear for the day or providing a topic of conversation. During the winter, people claim to have cabin fever. When spring arrives, they catch spring fever. While these two terms have taken on meaning as figures of speech, there is scientific research showing that weather effects humans and animals on a physiological and psychological level. Weather changes alter mood, behavior, and general well being. In certain climates, people tend to be healthier than others."
| |
|
Geography and Weather, 2006.
An overview of the weather conditions known as El Nino and La Nina.
3,465 words (approx. 13.9 pages), 7 sources, MLA, £ 67.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
The writer explains the causes and effects of the El Nino, which has an ocean warming effect, and the La Nina, which creates unusually cold ocean temperatures. The paper describes how the winds, the ocean surface temperatures and atmospheric circulation affect the natural climatic conditions in the Pacific region. The writer explains the impact these effects have on weather and climate in the United States. The paper examines the effect that climatic changes have on the economy. In conclusion, the paper states that the effects of the El Nino and La Nina create significant changes to the weather patterns, which are naturally created and affected, by changes in sea temperatures.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Causes
Ocean Surface Temperature and Atmospheric Circulations
- During Normal Conditions
- Conditions During El Ni?o
- Conditions During La Ni?a
Effects of El Nino and La Nina
Impact on Weather and Climatic Changes
Impact on Economy
Ecological Impact
Conclusion
Bibliography
References
From the Paper
"Under "normal" conditions, the tropical trade winds blow from east to west, collecting warm water in the western Pacific. In the eastern Pacific, the trade winds pull up cold, deep, nutrient-rich waters down the equator from the Ecuadorian coast to the central Pacific. The warmth of the western Pacific results in a predominantly vigorous hydrologic cycle there with towering cumulus clouds and tropical storms that "radiate" atmospheric waves and disturbances across vast area of the globe. Heat and moisture lofted into the upper atmosphere by the clouds and storms are dispersed by high-altitude winds across vast regions of the globe.
During an El Ni?o, this situation is interrupted and the trade winds weaken, thus reducing the upwelling of cool waters in the eastern Pacific and permits the pool of warm water in the west to drift eastward toward South America. As the central and eastern Pacific warms, atmospheric pressure gradients along the equator decline, and the trade winds lessen even more."
| |
|
Weather in "The Great Gatsby", 2008.
An analysis of the significance of the weather in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby".
1,293 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 30.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
This paper examines how "The Great Gatsby" exemplifies the extraordinary inclusion of seasons and contrasting weather situations to display the fantasy relationship between Daisy and Gatsby, the confrontational association between Tom, Daisy, and Gatsby, as well as the internal struggles within each character. It looks at how by doing so, the reader catches a glimpse into the characters' perspective towards life's changing emotions and relationships. The paper also discusses how the changing weather patterns symbolize the conflict and emotional outpourings by creating a relationship between a season and a sentiment. This creates greater representation and a deeper perspective into each character's life.
From the Paper
"Towards the ending of the novel, Fitzgerald attempts to create a tense scene when the love triangle between Tom, Daisy, and Gatsby is revealed. "Our eyes lifted over the rose-beds and the hot lawn and the weedy refuse of the dog-days alongshore" (118). Here, the stressed situation is expressed through the depiction of hot summery weather. Roses represent a bright red color that is associated with heat and tension. Tom, Daisy, Nick, and Gatsby decide to escape the heat by going into the city, which in turn, translates in an effort to escape the rising anxiety between the two men vying for one woman's love. As they leave, it is illustrated that "Tom pushed the unfamiliar gears tentatively, and we shot off into the oppressive heat, leaving them out of sight behind." Oppressive is a term used to usually tell about cruel or harsh behavior that someone may feel when another person is above them, perhaps a "suffocating" situation. "
| |
|
The Weather Underground, 2007.
An examination of the failures of the Weather Underground through the Days of Rage.
2,585 words (approx. 10.3 pages), 9 sources, APA, £ 54.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
This paper focuses on the Weather Underground, a radical branch of Students for a Democratic Society. It examines why the Weather Underground never was able to radicalize the general United States population. Most importantly, it uses the microcosm of the Days of Rage in Chicago to explain why the Weathermen were unable to mobilize support for their revolution.
Table of Contents:
Case Study: The Days of Rage
The Consequences of the Days of Rage
The Failures of the Weathermen
From the Paper
"The Weather Underground, also briefly named the Weathermen, comprised largely of middle class college students from the East Coast and Midwest. They borrowed their name from a Bob Dylan song titled "Subterranean Homesick Blues". They were a militant organization which conducted protests and bombings in hopes of achieving a revolutionary overthrow of the established power. They also were against the United States involvement in the Vietnam. After working for years within the framework of the Students for a Democratic Society, members of the Weather Underground decided to break away from SDS in 1969 to "bring the war home" and "get it on in this country" by committing armed resistance against the U.S. government. However, it is evident through of The Days of Rage and its consequences that the Weather Underground was ineffective at sparking larger resistance. The self-indulging and elite attitude of the Weather Underground caused them to isolate themselves from the other New Left groups, ultimately rendering their violent protests and terrorist activities ineffective against stiff government opposition and an unsympathetic public."
| |
|
The National Weather Service, 2004.
An analysis of the history and development of the National Weather Service.
1,821 words (approx. 7.3 pages), 6 sources, MLA, £ 40.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
This paper describes the important role played by the National Weather Service (NWS) and the crucial information it provides, not only to residents of the United States, but also to the airline industry, cruise industry, and major national concerns, such as NASA. The paper examines the different methods employed to forecast extreme weather conditions.
From the Paper
"The National Weather Service (NWS) is a government agency that affects every resident of the United States in important ways. Because of its skill in predicting extreme weather such as hurricanes and tornadoes, potentially thousands of lives have been saved. However, most people don?t realize that the NWS has a somewhat checkered history. Government leaders have been interested in predicting and recording the weather since shortly after the first colonists arrived in what would become the United States. A Swedish military chaplain living in what is present-day Delaware started keeping a weather diary in 1644. Such diaries were the main source of information about weather through the early 19th century (Waite, 2004). Many of the early Founding Fathers, including Franklin, Washington and Jefferson, recorded weather conditions (Waite, 2004). It wasn?t until 1814, however, that the United States Government began to systematically gather weather data, a job assigned to the U. S. Army Surgeon General and his medical corps assigned to barracks and forts across the country (Waite, 2004)."
| |
|
Weather Patterns and Storms, 2002.
This paper discusses weather patterns with an emphasis on storms.
1,080 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 25.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
The paper describes the different weather patterns focusing on storms. The paper deals with small-scale weather patterns, the causes of storms and the nine different types of storms. The paper concludes with a discussion on predicting storms.
From the Paper
"The primary weather producers in the middle latitudes are large centers of low pressure that generally move from west to east, called middle-latitude cyclones. Middle-latitude cyclones begin along a front where air masses are moving in opposite directions. The frontal surface usually takes on a wave shape, which becomes more defined as the cyclone matures, and a cold and a warm front evolve."
| |
|
Forest Fires and Weather, 2005.
An analysis of the chain of events from a forest fire that effect the temperature and the weather.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 6 sources, £ 61.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
This paper discusses the relationship between forest fires and weather. The paper argues that forest fires result in higher temperatures, higher temperatures in turn result in higher evaporation rates and higher evaporation rates result in more precipitation. It argues that due to this chain of events, we can see the relationship between forest fires and the weather.
From the Paper
"Forest Fires and Weather The connections between weather conditions and forest fires are quite well known. For example, in Weatherwise Malcolm Geast says, The high temperatures combined with low rainfall amounts to exacerbate an already -bad forest fire situation across most of the west (Geast 71). What Geast is saying is that weather conditions are an important precondition for forest fires. Fire fires don't occur when it is cold and wet, they happen when it is hot and dry. Not only are weather conditions a precondition for forest fires but they also trigger them in many cases."
| |
|
The Weather Underground, 2006.
This paper examines the radical anti-war movement, The Weather Underground.
1,921 words (approx. 7.7 pages), 6 sources, APA, £ 42.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
This paper examines the radical anti-Vietnam war, social justice movement, The Weather Underground. The movement is described in terms of its own history and the political climate of the times. The movement's ideology is described, as well as some of their activities. Finally, the paper concludes with the legacy of the movement and where its leaders are today.
From the Paper
"Of all the groups that evolved from the SDS, the Weather Underground was the most notorious. This was due to the fact that even early in the history of the organization there were violent clashes with the police and authorities. An infamous example of the organizations penchant for violence protest was the "Four Days of rage". This refers to the violence in Chicago perpetrated by the Weathermen in 1969. Violence during this period included the destruction of property and buildings and attacks on the police. During these four days a total of seventy-three policemen were injured and about three hundred members of the organization arrested - some of them on charges of attempted murder. (George & Wilcox, 1996, p. 135)"
| |
|
Salt Weathering, 2008.
Researches and examines the differences in salt weathering upon chalk limestone coasts versus hard-rock coasts.
1,615 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 7 sources, APA, £ 36.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
This paper explains that the erosion of limestone and hard rock along coastlines throughout the world results in the formation of specific types of landforms due to the minerals and rocks that are pulled from erosion into the sea and redeposition. The paper then explains that saltwater erosion takes two forms: impact erosion and erosion from the acidity in the saltwater. Limestone rocks are eroded due to the infiltration of water into the rocks, which breaks down the composition of rocks. Harder rocks are eroded through a process of impaction by the saltwater and the participles of rock and sand in the water. The paper also explains that, as these rocks erode, new formations result because the particles of erosion are placed in different locations along the coastline. Several illustrations, tables and figures are included with the paper.
Table of Contents:
Objective
Introduction
Erosion of Coastlines
Formation of Coastlines
Summary and Conclusion
From the Paper
"Along rocky coastlines where the action of waves has not occurred long enough to lower the coastline to the level of the sea a "wave cut beach and wave cut cliff develops."If a "subsequent uplift of the wave-cut beach occurs, it may be preserved above sea level and as marine terrace." Eventually the cliff will retreat due to processes of undercutting which result in mass-wasting processes. In the case of differential erosion sea caves result. The sea arch is formed from sea caves from opposite sides of a rocky headland meeting; however, when the sea arch weakens and collapses, the formation of a sea stack occurs."
| |
|
Weather in Shakespeare's Plays, 1992.
A look at the location, nature, moral and dramatic meaning of weather disturbances in "Othello", "King Lear", "Macbeth" and "The Tempest.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 1 source, £ 43.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
From the Paper
"This study will discuss the weather disturbances in Othello, King Lear, Macbeth, and The Tempest. Specifically, the study will consider the location of such disturbances in each play, the nature of the disturbance, and both the moral and dramatic significance of each disturbance.
In Othello, we first come upon a significant weather disturbance at the end of Act I, which takes fuller form in the opening lines of Act II, Scene 1. Iago, the evil plotter against the sanity and marriage of Othello, declares at the end of Act I that for his plot to take shape and achieve success it will require the participation of evil forces working with the weather: "Hell and night/ Must bring this monstrous birth to the world's light" (Othello, Act I, Scene III, 404-405). The significance of this call by Iago on the forces of nature and of evil bespeak the dark..."
| |
|
"Monsoon Wedding", 2005.
A discussion on Mira Nair's film "Monsoon Wedding."
920 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 21.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
The paper discusses how Mira Nair's film revolves around an arranged marriage between an Indian couple. In a form of a letter, this paper explains why it is important to resolve the dialectical-tensions between the couple and why the process of disclosure is imperative.
From the Paper
"In Mira Nair's film "Monsoon Wedding" we are treated to a number of couples with romantic attachments. Chief among these and the focus of the film is the arranged marriage between Aditi Verma and HemantRai Aditi actually is in love with a ..."
| |
|
Weather in Japanese History, 2007.
An analysis of Japan's "divine winds" and how they related to the Mongol invasions.
1,398 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 6 sources, MLA, £ 32.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
This paper provides an overview of the attempted invasions of the Mongols into the island of Japan in the 13th century. The paper discusses how the weather affected the outcomes of the invasions and the interpretation of the intervention of the weather by the Japanese. The paper also discusses how the use of "kamikazes" by the Japanese in World War II was based on their belief that this tactic could provide the same type of divine intervention that helped them defeat the Mongol armada in 1274 and 1281.
From the Paper
"The research showed that when the Japanese resorted to "kamikaze" attacks in the closing days of World War II, it was based on their belief that this tactic could provide the same type of divine intervention that helped them defeat the Mongol armada in 1274 and 1281. One of the more interesting issues to emerge from the research was the fact that 13th century Japanese did not regard these events as being the result of a deity using the typhoons as a tool to defeat the Mongols, but rather that the winds themselves were a deity and worthy of being worshipped. The impact of these events have left a highly influential legacy on the Japanese mentality, it would seem, and when people believe that the gods are on their side, anything is possible if not achievable. From this perspective, it is not so hard to understand why so many Japanese pilots volunteered for these suicide missions after all."
| |
|
Chemical Weathering on Mars, 1993.
Analyzes the planet's geologic processes compared to Earth.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 13 sources, £ 32.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
From the Paper
"Chemical Weathering on Mars
Recent high pressure experiments have provided insight on the chemical composition of Mars' mantle (11:2239). Such studies indicate that 15.7 percent of the planet is composed of metal..a large proportion of which is iron (11:2239). It is estimated that partial melting of this mantle produces an iron.rich basaltic magma which generally reaches the planet's surface via massive shield volcanos and fissure eruptions (5:90). The extrusion of this turbulent, low viscosity lava has resulted in thinly disseminated iron sulfide mineralization over large areas of Mars (5:90). In addition to these iron.rich flows, the red planet's surface is also characterized by large accumulations of basaltic ash (7:2237). These deposits..some of which are meters thick..have undergone variable degrees of weathering (10:24). It ..."
|
|
|
