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Jet Streams

Jet streams are relatively narrow bands of high-speed winds in the upper atmosphere... [continues in the hardcopy edition]

Other terms discussed: Polar Vortex, Equatorial Doldrums.

Bibliography:

USA: The Weather Book by Jack Williams
UK: The USA Today Weather Book by Jack Williams

Weather Links:

United States:

Unisys Weather
Current Cloud Winds (US Navy)

Europe:

Institut für Meteorologie der Freien Universität Berlin (Deutsch)
Institute for Meteorology of the Free University, Berlin (English)
Meteo France (Français)
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