Migrations and dynamics of the intertropical convergence zone

被引:0
作者
Tapio Schneider
Tobias Bischoff
Gerald H. Haug
机构
[1] California Institute of Technology,Department of Earth Sciences
[2] ETH Zürich,undefined
[3] 8092 Zürich,undefined
[4] Switzerland,undefined
来源
Nature | 2014年 / 513卷
关键词
D O I
暂无
中图分类号
学科分类号
摘要
The intertropical convergence zone, where global rainfall is greatest, is a narrow belt of clouds usually centred about six degrees north of the Equator; this Review links its migrations on various timescales to the atmospheric energy balance.
引用
收藏
页码:45 / 53
页数:8
相关论文
共 230 条
[1]  
Waliser DE(1993)A satellite-derived climatology of the ITCZ J. Clim. 6 2162-2174
[2]  
Gautier C(1996)Why the ITCZ is mostly north of the equator J. Clim. 9 2958-2972
[3]  
Philander S(2003)The Indian monsoon and its variability Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci. 31 429-467
[4]  
Gadgil S(2012)Extratropical cooling, interhemispheric thermal gradients, and tropical climate change Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci. 40 383-412
[5]  
Chiang JCH(2000)Rapid changes in the hydrologic cycle of the tropical Atlantic during the last glacial Science 290 1947-1951
[6]  
Friedman AR(2001)Southward migration of the Intertropical Convergence Zone through the Holocene Science 293 1304-1308
[7]  
Peterson LC(2006)Mid-Holocene El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) attenuation revealed by individual foraminifera in eastern tropical Pacific sediments Geology 34 993-996
[8]  
Haug GH(2003)Holocene forcing of the Indian monsoon recorded in a stalagmite from southern Oman Science 300 1737-1739
[9]  
Hughen KA(2007)Holocene ITCZ and Indian monsoon dynamics recorded in stalagmites from Oman and Yemen (Socotra) Quat. Sci. Rev. 26 170-188
[10]  
Rohl U(2013)Links between tropical rainfall and North Atlantic climate during the last glacial period Nature Geosci. 6 213-217