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Climate Change 2016
October 27-29, 2016
Volume 7, Issue 9(Suppl) J Earth Sci Clim Change
ISSN: 2157-7617 JESCC, an open access journal
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October 24-26, 2016 Valencia, Spain
World Conference onClimate Change
On the relationship between Intertropical Convergence Zone ITCZ variability over Indian Ocean and
hurricane Chapala
Yehia Hafez
King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
Aim: The present paper investigates the relationship between the Intertropical Convergence Zone ITCZ variability over the
Indian Ocean and hurricane Chapala.
Methods: The daily data of meteorological parameters and satellite images for hurricane Chapala through the period
28 October-3 November 2015 has been used and analyzed. The daily NCEP/NCAR reanalysis data composites for the
meteorological elements over the Indian Ocean is used. The variability of the ITCZ over the Indian Ocean through the period
of hurricane Chapala has analyzed.
Results: The results revealed that through the period of study (28 October-3 November 2015) the ITCZ is splitting over India.
Moreover, there is abnormal northward shift of the ITCZ over the Indian Ocean, mainly on the southwestern part of India.
Conclusion: The splitting of the ITCZ over India and the northward shift of ITCZ cloud clusters over the southwest of India
causing the development of hurricane Chapala.
Biography
Yehia Hafez has completed his PhD from Cairo University. He is the Staff Member in Meteorlogy Department at Cairo University and King Abdulaziz University. He
has published more than 30 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an Editorial Board Member of repute.
Yehia Hafez, J Earth Sci Clim Change 2016, 7:9(Suppl)