Dynamics of the East Pacific Intertropical Convergence Zone

热带辐合带（Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone，ITCZ）是一条东西向的对流线，在赤道地区环绕地球仪。 在EPIC 2001（东太平洋气候调查-2001）实地试验期间收集的数据和开展的研究的基础上，本研究将采取若干举措。 它解决了东太平洋的对流是否受表面通量或埃克曼辐合控制的问题;将把卫星数据与实地试验的现场数据进行比较，以便对热带对流带的特征进行气候学描述。 积云集合模型和理想化模型将用于确定东太平洋对流分布的特征和变化，以及对流参数化是否需要调整。 作为一项社区服务以及为研究提供观察数据，将对EPIC 2001期间收集的数据进行处理和存档。

Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) is an east-west line of convection, which circles the globe in the equatorial regions. Building on data gathered and research initiated during the EPIC2001 (East Pacific Investigation of Climate - 2001) field experiment, several initiatives will be undertaken in this study. It addresses the question whether convection in the East Pacific is controlled by surface fluxes or Ekman convergence; satellite data will be compared to in-situ data from the field experiment with a view to creating a climatological description of the characteristics of the ITCZ. Cumulus cloud ensemble modeling and idealized models will be used to determine the characteristics and variability of the distribution of convection in the East Pacific and if adjustments are required to the parameterization of convection. As a community service as well as for providing observational data for the study, data gathered during EPIC2001 will be processed and archived.