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Jet Streams

Jet Streams is a high-altitude, narrow band of strong horizontal wind shear in the upper troposphere that forms along large temperature gradients between air masses and significantly influences atmospheric circulation patterns, storm tracks, and aviation routes.

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Stratospheric influence on tropospheric jet streams, storm tracks and surface weather

Joseph Kidston, Adam A. Scaife, Steven C. Hardiman et al. · Nature Geoscience · 2015 · 776 citations

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A major low‐level air current near the Indian Ocean during the northern summer

J. Findlater · Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society · 1969 · 741 citations

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Evidence for a wavier jet stream in response to rapid Arctic warming

Jennifer A. Francis, Stephen J. Vavrus · Environmental Research Letters · 2015 · 674 citations · Full text

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Circumglobal Teleconnections, the Jet Stream Waveguide, and the North Atlantic Oscillation

Grant Branstator · Journal of Climate · 2002 · 650 citations · Full text

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Variability of the North Atlantic eddy-driven jet stream

Tim Woollings, Abdel Hannachi, Brian J. Hoskins · Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society · 2010 · 641 citations · Full text

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  1. TW
    Tim Woollings

    University of Reading, United Kingdom

    17 publications · 2K citations

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  2. MA
    M. A. Shapiro

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States

    10 publications · 953 citations

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  3. HW
    Heini Wernli

    ETH Zurich, Switzerland

    10 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. CW
    Chester W. Newton

    University of Chicago, United States

    11 publications · 255 citations

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  5. YZ
    Yaocun Zhang

    Nanjing University, China

    8 publications · 331 citations

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Institutions

963

  1. University of Reading

    Reading, United Kingdom

    29 h-index

    83 publications

    10.2K citations

  2. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

    Boulder, United States

    26 h-index

    55 publications

    6.6K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    22 h-index

    219 publications

    8.5K citations

  4. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    21 h-index

    76 publications

    3.7K citations

  5. Met Office

    Exeter, United Kingdom

    19 h-index

    46 publications

    6.3K citations

  6. ETH Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    18 h-index

    61 publications

    7.4K citations

  7. Institute of Atmospheric Physics

    Beijing, China

    18 h-index

    50 publications

    3.3K citations

  8. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    17 h-index

    39 publications

    3.8K citations

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  1. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

    69 publications · 5.4K citations

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  3. Monthly Weather Review

    50 publications · 3K citations

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  4. Journal of Climate

    45 publications · 4.3K citations

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  5. Geophysical Research Letters

    34 publications · 2.8K citations

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