The Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), known by sailors as the doldrums, is the area encircling the earth near the equator where the northeast and southeast trade winds come together. The ITCZ was originally identified from the 1920s to the 1940s as the `Intertropical Front` (ITF), but after the recognition in the 1940s and 1950s of the sign.....
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belt of converging trade winds and rising air that encircles the Earth near the Equator. The rising air produces high cloudiness, frequent ... [19 related articles]
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The area in tropical regions where the trade winds from the northern and southern hemispheres meet. Characterised by cloud and rain. The zone moves north and south with the northern and southern summers.
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(ITCZ) The region where the northeasterly and southeasterly trade winds converge, forming an often continuous band of clouds or thunderstorms near the equator.
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