If the economy doesn't have a more serious downfall in the next two years, if the people in his entourage do not find a new person to rally behind, and if he himself doesn't decide to place another figurehead in the Kremlin, then yes, Putin will be re-elected president of Russia in the next election. Written Apr 3.
The Intertropical Convergence Zone, or ITCZ, is the region that circles the Earth, near the equator, where the trade winds of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres come together. The intense sun and warm water of the equator heats the air in the ITCZ, raising its humidity and making it buoyant.
The Coriolis Effect, in combination with an area of high pressure, causes the prevailing windsâthe trade windsâto move from east to west on both sides of the equator across this 60-degree belt. As the wind blows to about five degrees north and south of the equator, both air and ocean currents come to a halt in a band of hot, dry air. This 10-degree belt around Earth's midsection is called the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone, more commonly known as the doldrums. Intense solar heat in the doldrums warms and moistens the trade winds, thrusting air upwards into the atmosphere like a hot air balloon. As the air rises, it cools, causing persistent bands of showers and storms ...