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Understanding Global Climate

 The Inter Tropical Convergence Zone
  and its Relevance to Droughts and
              Hurricanes
What Goes Up…………………………….The
Inter Tropical Convergence Zone and its
Relevance to Hurricanes
The ICTZ is the band of cloud that you can see here; it wraps the whole way around
the Earth underneath the solar equator
The ITCZ and Hurricanes
The reason why there are clouds at the ITCZ is that there is a lot of evapotranspiration occurring.
This evapotranspiration is due to the sun being directly overhead. This evapotranspiration is the
first stage of hurricane formation; the development of low pressure areas.




  Low
  pressure
  at surface
Summer in the Northern Hemisphere is when the sun is directly   Summer in
over the Tropic of Cancer                                       the Southern
                                                                Hemisphere is
                                                                when the sun
                                                                is directly
                                                                over the
                                                                Tropic of
                                                                Capricorn
The movement of the ITCZ as the seasons change has a huge influence over global climate as
the weather associated with the ITCZ migrates with it.
You should be able to see that oceans north of the Equator are currently hotter than those
south of the Equator: This is because the sun is over the northern hemisphere at the moment.

You should also notice that the significant tropical storms and low pressure systems are all in the
northern hemisphere at the moment




                                                      Equator
The movement of the solar equator (and thus the ITCZ) is crucial for the formation of hurricanes
for these 2 reasons:



  1. It creates low pressure areas          2. It warms the ocean which provides the
  of convection rainfall that are           hot water fuel that allows low pressure
  embryonic hurricanes                      areas to mature into full hurricanes




            Low Pressure
Must Come Down…………………………….The
Inter Tropical Convergence Zone and its
Relevance to Droughts
The Pressure Gradient Force




      Very dry                         Lots of rain                   Very dry

Important points:
1. Air always moves from high pressure areas to low pressure areas
2. Low pressure areas are created at the ITCZ due to solar radiation causing evapotranspiration
3. Warming air can hold increasing amounts of water in vapor form and vice versa
Global Arid Areas
Notice that, in Africa, the arid and hyper-arid areas are in the areas where the subtropical high
pressure zones can be found. The effect of the ITCZ on Africa is particularly strong and as our
drought case study is on Ethiopia, particularly relevant




Drought causes are complex and so the movement of the ITCZ does not explain all drought.
Other important factors are ocean currents and continentality.

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The itcz hurricanes and droughts

  • 1. Understanding Global Climate The Inter Tropical Convergence Zone and its Relevance to Droughts and Hurricanes
  • 2. What Goes Up…………………………….The Inter Tropical Convergence Zone and its Relevance to Hurricanes
  • 3. The ICTZ is the band of cloud that you can see here; it wraps the whole way around the Earth underneath the solar equator
  • 4. The ITCZ and Hurricanes The reason why there are clouds at the ITCZ is that there is a lot of evapotranspiration occurring. This evapotranspiration is due to the sun being directly overhead. This evapotranspiration is the first stage of hurricane formation; the development of low pressure areas. Low pressure at surface
  • 5. Summer in the Northern Hemisphere is when the sun is directly Summer in over the Tropic of Cancer the Southern Hemisphere is when the sun is directly over the Tropic of Capricorn
  • 6. The movement of the ITCZ as the seasons change has a huge influence over global climate as the weather associated with the ITCZ migrates with it.
  • 7. You should be able to see that oceans north of the Equator are currently hotter than those south of the Equator: This is because the sun is over the northern hemisphere at the moment. You should also notice that the significant tropical storms and low pressure systems are all in the northern hemisphere at the moment Equator
  • 8. The movement of the solar equator (and thus the ITCZ) is crucial for the formation of hurricanes for these 2 reasons: 1. It creates low pressure areas 2. It warms the ocean which provides the of convection rainfall that are hot water fuel that allows low pressure embryonic hurricanes areas to mature into full hurricanes Low Pressure
  • 9. Must Come Down…………………………….The Inter Tropical Convergence Zone and its Relevance to Droughts
  • 10. The Pressure Gradient Force Very dry Lots of rain Very dry Important points: 1. Air always moves from high pressure areas to low pressure areas 2. Low pressure areas are created at the ITCZ due to solar radiation causing evapotranspiration 3. Warming air can hold increasing amounts of water in vapor form and vice versa
  • 11. Global Arid Areas Notice that, in Africa, the arid and hyper-arid areas are in the areas where the subtropical high pressure zones can be found. The effect of the ITCZ on Africa is particularly strong and as our drought case study is on Ethiopia, particularly relevant Drought causes are complex and so the movement of the ITCZ does not explain all drought. Other important factors are ocean currents and continentality.