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Typical winter jet stream configuration.

Typical winter jet stream configuration.
Typical winter jet stream configuration.
Typical winter jet stream configuration.
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Taylor, Eric S.
Typical winter jet stream configuration.
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05/09/2008
KeJetAvgC.jpg
Oceanus online caption:
In most winters, an upper-atmosphere air current called the jet stream dips far south, bringing cold Arctic air over much of North America and Atlantic coastal waters. Chen found that it followed a very different course during the winter of 2011-2012 (following image).
Illustration by Eric S. Taylor, WHOI Creative
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
http://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/v2/article/images.do?id=189789
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