Jet stream/mountain range interactions generate monsoon (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Jet stream/mountain range interactions generate monsoon

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Deflection of the eastward jet stream (orange contours) from the midlatitudes toward the equator, where it produces precipitation (blue shading, in units of millimeters/day) as it then ascends over the Sierra Madre mountain range (outlined by magenta contour). All quantities are from observational datasets. This new study used theoretical calculations and atmospheric simulations to test the effect of the Sierra Madre mountains on the monsoon.

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William Boos, UC Berkeley

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