Latitudinal Position and Trends of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) and its Relationship with Upwelling in the Southern Caribbean Sea and Global Climate Indices

• Main Author: Colna, Kaitlyn E
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: Digital Commons @ University of South Florida 2017
• Subjects: wind divergence; Mann-Kendall trend test; time series; CARIACO ocean time series; Atmospheric Sciences; Meteorology; Oceanography; Kendall; Pacific; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/etd/6645; https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=7842&context=etd

The Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) is a feature that results from the ocean-atmosphere interactions in the tropics around the world. The ITCZ is characterized by surface wind convergence, tall storm clouds, and it forms a belt of high time-averaged precipitation around the globe. The ITCZ und...