intertropical convergence zone in a sentence
Examples
- Most east Pacific hurricanes originate from a tropical wave that drifts westward across the intertropical convergence zone, and across northern parts of South America.
- A study published in 2013, done at the University of Washington, suggests that atmospheric aerosols caused a downward shift in the Intertropical Convergence Zone.
- Heating of the earth near the equator leads to large amounts of upward motion and convection along the monsoon trough or Intertropical convergence zone.
- He was ultimately unable to cross the equator on his first attempt due to the opposing currents and wind patterns in the Intertropical Convergence Zone.
- The divide of the atmosphere of the northern hemisphere from the atmosphere of the southern hemisphere is different from that of the Intertropical Convergence Zone.
- There is very little rain throughout the year, although occasional rain does fall in late summer from the northern extension of the Intertropical Convergence Zone.
- Movements of the equatorial Intertropical Convergence Zone ( ITCZ ) bring summer rains during July and August which average but vary greatly from year to year.
- The Intertropical Convergence Zone ( ITCZ ) became active toward the end of February, spawning tropical storms Gracia and Ionia as well as Tropical Depression Hutelle.
- The thunderstorms were once part of the Intertropical Convergence Zone ( ITCZ ), a necklace of showers and thunderstorms that girdles the globe over equatorial regions.
- This band of humidity is part of the Intertropical Convergence Zone, where the easterly trade winds from each hemisphere converge and produce near-daily thunderstorms and clouds.