Upper Tropospheric Jet Streams Over North America During Summer 1988
Abstract
Much has been written describing the jet stream. Most previous works dwell on the characteristics of the winter jet stream, when jets are faster and more easily discerned. This paper will instead focus on the jet streams over North America during the summer of 1988. During July 1988 the predominant jet regime over North America (70% of the observations at 250 mb) was that of a single jet along the United States/Canada border. During August 1988, however, the single jet regime was only present 26% of the time, with a two jet regime occurring 53% of the time. The southern jet during August appeared in a location similar to the winter season subtropical jet, but generally had the characteristics of a polar front jet stream.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1991
- Accession Number
- ADA249871
Entities
People
- David E. Landers
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology