Feature article
Average rainfall rate (mm day-1) during (top) all of 2007 and January 2007 (bottom).
Pacific Intertropical Convergence Zones during 2007
Dr. A. Brett Mullan, National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research, New Zealand
There are two prominent convergence zones in the Pacific: the ITCZ in the Northern Hemisphere between 5°N–10°N, and the South Pacific Convergence Zone (SPCZ) that extends southeastward from near the Solomon Islands (10°S, 160°E) to near 30°S, 140°W.