2007: Variability of the Caribbean low-level jet and its relations to climate

• Main Author: Chunzai Wang
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: America; to the west by Central America; and the north by; Nash; Pacific; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.576.9804; http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/docs/wang_e0659.pdf

Abstract A maximum of easterly zonal wind at 925 hPa in the Caribbean region is called the Caribbean Low-Level Jet (CLLJ). Observations show that the easterly CLLJ varies semi-annually, with two maxima in the summer and winter and two minima in the fall and spring. Associated with the summertime str...