Jet stream, Upper-level winds, Atmospheric circulation, Global weather

Jet stream, a region of long, narrow, high-speed winds that typically flow northeastward, eastward, and southeastward in the middle and upper troposphere or lower stratosphere. Jet streams are characterized by wind motions that generate strong vertical shearing action, which is thought to be

How Jet Streams Affect Surface Winds

Prevailing Winds

Global Wind Circulations

Introduction to Tropical Meteorology, Ch. 3: Global Circulation: 3.2 General Circulation of the Atmosphere »
3.2.1 Historical Evolution of Global Circulation Conceptual Models

Atmospheric Circulation - an overview

5. General Circulation

Lecture 28 - 1 and 3 cell models of earth's global scale circulation

Global circulation patterns - Met Office

The Subtropical Jet Stream METEO 3: Introductory Meteorology