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Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ /ɪtʃ/ ITCH), known by sailors as the doldrums or the calms because of its monotonous windless weather, is the area where...

Look up doldrums in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The doldrums, also called the "equatorial calms", are the calms and light baffling winds at the Intertropical...

which the end of the Age of Sail made its difficult location in the equatorial doldrums less important relative to its strategic importance as a centrally...

the fleet sailed to the Guinea coast. Unfavorable weather near the equatorial doldrums caused water and food shortages. They returned to Sierra Leone for...

and sailed into the South Atlantic. The return passage through the equatorial doldrums, turned out to be a horrific experience. According to Empoli, they...

of calm, light variable winds near the equator is known as the doldrums, near-equatorial trough, intertropical front, or the Intertropical Convergence...

across the North Atlantic from the Intertropical Convergence Zone (calms or doldrums) to the part south of Iceland, and from the east coasts of North America...

of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), known by sailors as the Doldrums. The ITCZ would be expected to overlie the geographic equator according...

again and again not to attempt to fan along to the eastward in the equatorial doldrums; for by so doing he would himself engage in a fruitless strife with...

until the doldrums hit (usually around Sierra Leone), then to strike southwest sharply, drift over the doldrums and then catch the South Equatorial Current...

original on 17 May 2017. The state-owned carrier, which had been in the doldrums for much of the 1990s and 2000s, is undergoing a major re-fleeting exercise...

thermal and moisture changes. When it is dominated most of the year by the doldrums low-pressure system due to the presence of the Intertropical Convergence...

(UTC−05:00). The Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), known by sailors as the Doldrums, governs the climate of Isla Gibraleón. March is the warmest month, with...

Diego de Almagro—drifted off course while his ship was becalmed in the Doldrums. They found the islands they visited uninhabited and so arid and barren...

Zone (ITCZ) shifted southwards. The ITCZ shifted to the position far from Doldrums (the low pressure air uplifting region in equator). The air in the Atlantic...

again dominate the tropics. Directly under the subtropical ridge are the doldrums, or horse latitudes, where winds are lighter. Many of the Earth's deserts...

fluctuating annually due to the effects of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (doldrums). Annual rainfall ranges from 2,000 to 4,000 millimetres (79 to 157 in)...

flight makes crossing the doldrums extremely difficult. The exception, the waved albatross, is able to live in the equatorial waters around the Galápagos...

material mounted within sight of the helmsman. See tell-tale. doldrums The equatorial trough, with special reference to the light and variable nature...

BBC Sport. 18 December 2012. "He dragged Zambian football out of the doldrums". BBC Sport. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2018. Christopher Katongo...