Sentences with phrase «northern polar jet stream»

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One hypothesis suggests that the shrinking temperature difference between the Arctic and the mid-latitudes will lead to a slowing of the jet stream, which circles the northern latitudes and normally keeps frigid polar air sharply separated from warmer air in the south.

Screen (32) explored the influence of Arctic sea ice on European summer climate using a state - of - the - art atmospheric model in view of the historically unprecedented sequence of six consecutive wet summers from 2007 to 2012 in northern Europe, which featured a marked southward shift of the polar jet stream.

During the ice age, due to the large polar cooling, the northern hemisphere jet stream extended more southwards.