Sentences with phrase «changes in the jet stream using»

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«The jet stream changes character every 10 to 12 days, and we use this pattern to predict the weather,» said Anthony Lupo, professor of atmospheric science in MU's School of Natural Resources, which is located in the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources.

One was published several months ago in Geophysical Research Letters by James Screen and Ian Simmonds, who looked for changes in jet stream characteristics using a different methodology than that of Francis and Vavrus.

Although the theory is still being explored, teleconnections are thought to link land use to changes in the polar jet stream, the paths of tropical cyclones, and the frequencies and intensities of droughts, floods, heat waves, and other weather events.

Further adding to the divide within the climate science community is the fact that many of the climate models that Trenberth and others often use do not show the sorts of changes in the jet stream that the new study and others like it have pointed to, including the more frequently stagnated or «blocked» weather patterns that Francis cited.