Dust Reduction - Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) Movement
- Visualizations by:
- Kel Elkins
- Written by:
- Ellen T. Gray
- Scientific consulting by:
- Hongbin Yu and
- Tianle Yuan
- Produced by:
- Kathryn Mersmann
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This visualization depicts the northern trend of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ). A horizontal black line indicates the current ITCZ centroid for the longitudinal extents of the study region, which moves with GPCP precipitation data. The northernmost extent of the ITCZ is indicated with a thin white line for each year. The bold white line represents the northernmost overall extent. The grey box represents the study region used to calculate the ITCZ centroid. A region of dust optical depth data is shown in orange off the coast of Africa.
- Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) - monthly precipitation dataset from 1979-present combines observations and satellite precipitation data into 2.5°x2.5° global grids. GPCP Precipitation data provided by the NOAA/OAR/ESRL PSL, Boulder, Colorado, USA, from their Web site here
- Dust Optical Depth. Evan, A.T. and Mukhopadhyay, S., 2010. African dust over the northern tropical Atlantic: 1955–2008. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 49(11), pp.2213-2229.
This visualization depicts the northern trend of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ). A horizontal black line indicates the current ITCZ centroid for the longitudinal extents of the study region, which moves with GPCP precipitation data. The northernmost extent of the ITCZ is indicated with a thin white line for each year. The bold white line represents the northernmost overall extent. The grey box represents the study region used to calculate the ITCZ centroid.
Credits
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NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio
Visualizers
- Kel Elkins (USRA) [Lead]
- Helen-Nicole Kostis (USRA)
Writer
- Ellen T. Gray (NASA/HQ) [Lead]
Scientists
- Hongbin Yu (JCET UMBC) [Lead]
- Tianle Yuan (UMBC) [Lead]
Producer
- Kathryn Mersmann (KBRwyle) [Lead]
Project support
- Eric Sokolowsky (GST)
- Leann Johnson (GST)
Technical support
- Ian Jones (ADNET)
- Laurence Schuler (ADNET)
Datasets used in this visualization
GPCP Combined Precipitation
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