The Behavior of Jet Streams over Eastern North America during January and February 1948
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- 1 May 1950
- journal article
- Published by Stockholm University Press in Tellus
- Vol. 2 (2) , 116-124
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2153-3490.1950.tb00320.x
Abstract
A graph of the latitude of jet streams at 80° W longitude for a 49-day period in the winter of 1947–8 shows that the jet stream undergoes changes which appear as discontinuities on such a graph. Several cases are discussed which illustrate the manner in which these discontinuities appear. The new jets so formed then appear to experience a southward displacement before their disappearance. Accompanying the southward displacement at this longitude is a disappearance of the solenoidal field accompanying the jet in the lower troposphere, and an increase of the potential temperature in the center of the jet. DOI: 10.1111/j.2153-3490.1950.tb00320.xKeywords
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