Science news articles about 'intertropical convergence zone'

The Air France crash investigation is now focused on the intertropical convergence zone, where trade winds converge, spurring giant storm clouds that can be tough to navigate, experts say.

... those rains: a season-following belt of clouds along the equator known as the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ). Specifically, they believed the ITCZ and rainfall and temperature patterns in the ...

... 's climate does not march in lockstep with a circulatory system known as the Intertropical Convergence Zone, as previously believed. The finding could help scientists understand how tropical Africa ...

... by the Natural Environment Research Council. Previously, scientists believed that the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) formed the boundary between the polluted air of the Northern Hemisphere ...

... to at least the equator, Sachs says. This has been inferred previously from studies of the intertropical convergence zone on or near the continents, but the new data from the Pacific Ocean region is ...