Contact with still-cool soil and water keeps the air cooler than it would otherwise have been in the spring. Contact with still-warm soil keeps the air warmer than it would otherwise have been in the fall. Appropriate pond water temperature measurements are planned for the future. Use Stella to build a box model of heat flux among reservoirs of air, water, and soil. Try to match the temperature profiles observed in the natural data.
Monsoons are seasonal winds that are caused by the differing heat capacity of oceans and continents.
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