Sentences with phrase «zone near the equator»

Thus our equation predicts S = 0 in a long narrow zone (something similar to an eye) and the existence of a streamline discontinuity (as per hurricane eye) in a narrow zone near the equator.

These merge and rise in the intertropical convergence zone near the Equator and blow eastward and poleward at altitudes of 2 to 17 km (1 to 11 miles).

The rising air creates a low pressure zone near the equator.

Not exact matches

University of Pittsburgh biologists Matthew Koski and Tia - Lynn Ashman recently looked at 34 different populations of silverweed cinquefoil, a widespread plant native in temperate zones on both sides of the equator, and found that its flowers were darker near the tropics.

Powerful eruptions can wreak havoc on monsoons by shifting and weakening the Intertropical Convergence Zone, a belt of low pressure near the equator that drives nearby precipitation patterns.

With temperate - zone countries seeing possible agricultural benefits through 2050 under the 2007 assessments of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, even as conditions grow tougher near the Equator, how much does self - interest trump broader responsibilities?

Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ)- The Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone is an equatorial zonal belt of low pressure near the equator where the northeast trade winds meet the southeast trade winds.

The Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), is the area encircling the earth near the equator where the northeast and southeast trade winds come together.

During periods when the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) is located near the Equator, trade winds from the northeast and southeast converge there.

The Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), known by sailors as the doldrums, is the area encircling Earth near the Equator, where the northeast and southeast trade winds converge.

The narrow zone of uplift in the tropics produces high, thick clouds in the ITCZ (which is near the equator).

Hadley Cell A direct, thermally driven overturning cell in the atmosphere consisting of poleward flow in the upper troposphere, subsiding air into the subtropical anticyclones, return flow as part of the trade winds near the surface, and with rising air near the equator in the so - called Intertropical Convergence Zone.

These moisture variations result from the movements of the intertropical convergence zone, a narrow belt of abundant precipitation that encircles Earth near the Equator.

Examining the structure of the global cloud field one can see, a long line of bright, dense clouds near the equator in a region known as the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), more clearly evident over the tropical Atlantic and East Pacific oceans.

-- Tropical — occur near the equator, in low latitudes — Temperate — occur about halfway between the equator and the poles, in the middle latitudes — Polar — occur near the poles, in the high latitudes — Dry — occurs at many different latitudes — Highland — occurs at many different latitudes Geographers divide some climate zones into more specific climate regions.