Climate dynamics of the South Pacific Convergence Zone and similarities with other subtropical convergence zones in the Southern Hemisphere

Three semi-permanent cloud bands exist in the Southern Hemisphere extending southeastward from the equator, through the tropics, and into the subtropics. The most prominent of these features occurs in the South Pacific and is referred to as the South Pacific Convergence Zone (SPCZ). Similar converge...

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Main Author: Widlansky, Matthew J.
Published: Georgia Institute of Technology 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1853/37095