Weatherwatch: volcanoes and their effect on winds and global weather
Meteorologists are studying historical records to try to understand the behaviour of the equatorial jet
by Kate Ravilious
Nov 14, 2017
1 minute
Our weather is strongly influenced by what’s happening in the upper atmosphere. For example, high-level equatorial winds, known as the “equatorial jet”, swing between easterlies and westerlies roughly every two years.
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