the Intertropical Convergence Zone is where the moist south-east trade winds meet the north-east trades of the northern hemisphere. It is a zone of heavy rain and thunderstorms, and constitutes a main source of tropical rain.
Intertropical Convergence Zone ( q.v). (Sometimes seen as ICZ, or perhaps, erroneously, ITF [ intertropical front ]).
Inter Tropical Convergence Zone - a region near the equator where air streams converge. Surface air in the northern hemisphere moves south and meets air moving north from the southern hemisphere. The air converges and is forced upwards creating a region of low pressure. The upward moving air takes water vapour with it and this condenses to form a highly visible line of clouds. The ITCZ moves with the season, moving north of the equator during the northern summer and drifting towards the south in the northern winter.
INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE - A LINE WHERE THE SOUTHEASTERLY AND NORTHEASTERLY TRADE WINDS CONVERGE - CHARACTERIZED BY ENHANCED CONVECTION. IT MAY BE IN EITHER THE NORTHERN OR SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE - AND OCCASIONALLY A DOUBLE ITCZ MAY BE SEEN IN BOTH HEMISPHERES NOT FAR FROM THE EQUATOR.
Inter-tropical Convergence Zone. The region where the northeasterly and southeasterly tradewinds converge, forming an often continuous band of clouds or thunderstorms near the equator.
Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone. A region where the two equatorial Hadley cells border each other. Air converges near the equator associated with upward motion and divergence aloft. Heat is transported away from the equator in the upper troposphere.