A further study of the upper westerlies; the structure of the wind field in the eastern North Atlantic and western Europe in January 1950
Abstract (a) A study of 62 vertical cross‐sections through the middle‐latitude wind fields of January 1950 confirms previous conclusions regarding the broad structure of the upper westerlies. (b) A mean January section from Greenland to the Mediterranean contains a wind maximum of 60 kt at a height...
| Published in: | Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
1953
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qj.49707934108 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fqj.49707934108 https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/qj.49707934108 |
| Summary: | Abstract (a) A study of 62 vertical cross‐sections through the middle‐latitude wind fields of January 1950 confirms previous conclusions regarding the broad structure of the upper westerlies. (b) A mean January section from Greenland to the Mediterranean contains a wind maximum of 60 kt at a height of 9 km, 61°N. Examination of mean winter‐flow patterns for the North Atlantic shows the mean south‐westerly jet stream to be a normal seasonal feature. (c) Comment is made on two features which require further study : high‐speed currents in the Arctic stratosphere and low‐latitude jet streams. |
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