Paleo Data Search

Product Information
If you would like to help us understand our user community better, please fill out this short Paleoclimatology User Survey
paleo logo

PaST Thesaurus Navigator

Use this page to navigate the Paleoenvironmental Standard Terms (PaST) thesaurus and discover information about terms such as definitions, relations, and vocabulary hierarchies.


Intertropical Convergence Zone index
a circulation index that measures some aspect of the belt of low pressure where trade winds converge, such as its latitudinal position.
ROOT > what > earth system variable > circulation variable > circulation index > Intertropical Convergence Zone index

Non Preferred Terms

ITCZ

Broader Terms

circulation index
Measured Variable Terms
This page is used for exploring the WDS-Paleo controlled vocabulary for measured variables (PaST Thesaurus). A term's title and description will appear here. Terms marked as 'metaterm' are not searchable in the Variables Advanced Search, but serve to organize terms into a hierarchy.