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Rainfall in relation to the jet stream
Author(s) -
Johnson D. H.,
Daniels S. M.
Publication year - 1954
Publication title -
quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1477-870X
pISSN - 0035-9009
DOI - 10.1002/qj.49708034407
Subject(s) - jet stream , jet (fluid) , circulation (fluid dynamics) , precipitation , atmospheric sciences , geology , environmental science , climatology , current (fluid) , meteorology , mechanics , physics , oceanography
A study is made of the rainfall occurring at four British stations on occasions when they lie beneath the jet stream. The mean distribution of rainfall in relation to the jet stream provides evidence, in agreement with dynamical theory, for a direct circulation at the jet entrance and an indirect circulation at the jet exit. Precipitation patterns found for uniform currents provide no satisfactory evidence with regard to the preferred vertical circulations within the central region of the jet stream.