The ocean’s role in setting the mean position of the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone
Through study of observations and coupled climate simulations, it is argued that the mean position of the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) north of the equator is a consequence of a northwards heat transport across the equator by ocean circulation. Observations suggest that the hemispheric net...
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Springer-Verlag
2014
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/85592 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9230-3591 |