What occurs in the doldrums?

Answer 1

The Doldrums, also known as the Equatorial Convergence Zone.

The axis, or a portion of the broad trade wind of the tropics. This axis is the dividing line between the southeast trades and the northeast trades, of the Southern and Northern hemispheres converging around the equator. Within the convergence zone, the average winds are slight and often non existant, unlike the zones north and south of the equator where the trade winds feed in. Early sailors using ships powered by sails named this belt of calm "The Doldrums" because of the inactivity and stagnation they found themselves in after possibly long periods of no wind. Also used as a saying, "The Doldrums" being bored or depressed.

Answer 2

The Doldrums (often capitalized when referring to the geographic region) is an area of the atlantic-ocean, the pacific-ocean and the indian-ocean affected by the convergence-zone, a low-pressure area around the equator where the prevailing-winds are calm. The low pressure is caused by the heat at the equator, which makes the air rise and travel north and south high in the atmosphere, until it subsides again in the horse-latitude. Some of that air returns to the Doldrums through the trade-wind. This process can lead to light or variable winds and more severe weather, in the form of heavy squalls, thunderstorms and hurricanes.

Answer 3

In the doldrums, strange things can happen with the weather. It can be very still with not a wave in sight. Then, all of a sudden a tropical storm can occur. The doldrums is an area in both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans near the Equator.

Answer 4

Doldrums is the areas where the wind pressure is negligible . It is at 10 degree equator.Earlier the sailors use to feel at doldrums when they reach this area. doldrums has become a word synonymous to the condition where you can do nothing. Like wise sailors were, when no wind was there to steer their ships to the destination

Answer 5

The doldrums is a colloquial expression derived from historical maritime usage, which refers to those parts of the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean affected by the Intertropical Convergence Zone, a low-pressure area around the equator where the prevailing winds are calm. Ships would once get stuck in this area because their sails would just flap and they couldn't sail on. The word has also come to mean a certain mood where you're depressed because you feel you're just not getting anywhere.

Answer 6

The doldrums are a region near the equator with weak winds and calm seas. Sailors often experience prolonged periods of little to no wind in this area, which can halt their progress at times. This phenomenon is caused by the convergence of trade winds from both hemispheres.

Answer 7

The doldrums are areas of almost no wind occurring over ocean waters near the equator. The Trade Winds occur on both sides of the doldrums.

Answer 8

an area of low pressure