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Two world maps compare the Indian monsoon's climatic heat sources and sinks. The top map, labeled Summer Monsoon, highlights the monsoon trough over South Asia as a major heat source and the Mascarene High over the southwest Indian Ocean as a heat sink, with arrows indicating surface air flow from the ocean toward the continent. The bottom map, labeled Winter Monsoon, shows the Siberian High over northern Asia as a heat sink and the Maritime Continent region as a heat source, with air flow arrow
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Map of climatic heat sources and heat sinks for Asian summer and winter monsoons.
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