Schneider T Bischoff T Haug GH 2014 Rainfall on Earth is most intense in the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ), a narrow belt of clouds centred on average around six degrees north of the Equator. The mean position of the ITCZ north of the Equator arises primarily because the Atlantic Ocean transports energy northward across the Equator, rendering the Northern Hemisphere warmer than the Southern Hemisphere. On seasonal and longer timescales, the ITCZ migrates, typically towards a warming hemisphere but with exceptions, such as during El Niño events. An emerging framework links the ITCZ to the atmospheric energy balance and may account for ITCZ variations on timescales from years to geological epochs. https://sonar.ch/global/documents/183924 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1038/nature13636 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/25186899 Nature. - 2014 Arctic Regions Atlantic Ocean Atmosphere El Nino-Southern Oscillation Feedback History, 20th Century History, Ancient Ice Cover Models, Theoretical Motion Pacific Ocean Rain Seasons Temperature Tropical Climate Wind Migrations and dynamics of the intertropical convergence zone. http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501