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The intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) is a region near the equator where winds from the northern and southern hemispheres come together. Consequences of the ITCZ's movement are the "monsoon seasons" that affect areas in the tropics, as well as the formation of tropical storms during the local hemispheric summer (north or south of the equator). Navigators in the age of sail learned to utilize the "trade winds" that blow to the east along the edge of the ITCZ.
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∙ 7y agoThe intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) is a region near the equator where winds from the northern and southern hemispheres come together. Consequences of the ITCZ's movement are the "monsoon seasons" that affect areas in the tropics, as well as the formation of tropical storms during the local hemispheric summer (north or south of the equator). Navigators in the age of sail learned to utilize the "trade winds" that blow to the east along the edge of the ITCZ.
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∙ 12y agoThis is the 'convergence' or meeting point of two air masses in between the two tropics. This is the point where the two Hadley cells meet. This is marked by an area of low pressure.
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Where can the ITCZ be found?
The Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) is the area encircling the earth near the equator where winds originating in the northern and southern hemispheres come together.
Which mountain ranges was not the result of continental convergence?
The Andes
What is continent continent convergence?
Where ocean and continents meet
At a continent-continent convergence?
folded mountains are produced
What happens at a continent-continent convergence?
Folded mountains form
Is the intertropical convergence zone as known as the doldrum?
Question: The doldrums happen in a zone known as the what? Answer: intertropical convergence zone
Heavy precipitation little wind?
the doldrums
Is the Intertropical Convergence Zone also known as the doldrums?
Question: The doldrums happen in a zone known as the what? Answer: intertropical convergence zone
When doldrums happen in a zone known as the?
intertropical convergence zone
Does air rise in the intertropical convergence zone?
yes
What is true about the Intertropical Convergence Zone?
i don't know anything about this!
Which convection cell in the the atmosphere borders on the intertropical convergence zone?
hadley
Which the convection cell in the atmosphere borders on the intertropical convergence zone?
hadley
What zone is doldrums?
Intertropical Convergence Zone, around the equator. It is more of a where do they happen question, and this is where they are found.
The Intertropical Convergence Zone ITCZ is characterized by what type of pressure?
low pressure.
The intertropical convergence zone ITCZ is associated with what?
subtropical high-pressure development.
What atmospheric area lies roughly along the equator?
intertropical convergence zoneThe Intertropical Convergence Zone lies roughly along the equator. This zone is made up of a band of clouds, usually thunderstorms, that circle the Earth near the equator.
