If you’re a weather enthusiast and closely monitor tropical systems, you may already be familiar with terms like the ITCZ, CDO, and even a TUTT. But did you know there’s a prognostic tool that can signal a significant hurricane threat headed towards Florida? The tool is called the Heber...
For this purpose a "dynamic" characterization of the inter-tropical convergence zone (ITCZ) was used. Special focus is given on the latitude of its center, width and mean intensity. A comparison between CMIP3 and CMIP2 control sim...
Accordingly, the spatial distribution of the higher mean reflectances of the class ‘Lost A’ shows patterns very similar to the “Cloud” class. In particular, the ITCZ is prominent in both maps (Figure 5a,b,e and Figure 6f). Thus, “Lost A” can be seen to depict the gradual ...
The latitudinal shift of the summer ITCZ in response to changes in the thermal gradient is of the utmost importance in predicting the expansion of deserts resulting from anthropogenic warming. Keywords: narrowing of Hadley cell; long-period rainfall oscillation; Holocene; ENSO...
Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) The region where the northeasterly and southeasterly trade winds converge, forming an often continuous band of clouds or thunderstorms near the equator. Inversion An increase in temperature with height. The reverse of the normal cooling with height in the atmosp...
precipitation signal is found over central parts of Africa (CAF), which receive the highest amount of annual rainfall toward the end of the twenty-first century under the SSP5-8.5 scenario (bottom-right panel of Figure 6), which may be related to the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) [...
The latitudinal shift of the summer ITCZ in response to changes in the thermal gradient is of the utmost importance in predicting the expansion of deserts resulting from anthropogenic warming. Keywords: narrowing of Hadley cell; long-period rainfall oscillation; Holocene; ENSO...