Question

5. Jet stream is called as a "river of air" Answer following questions about jet streams (a) Where do you have the polar jet and subtropical jet? (1 point) (b) Explain why jet streams are found at the boundaries of circulation cells. (2 points) (c) When is polar jet faster, winter or summer? Why? (2 points) 6. Coriolis force make the winds curve. (a) In which time/length scales, coriolis force is important and in which time/length scales, it is negligible? (2 points) (b) Why is it dependent on scales? (3 points)

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